Wartburg College students meet with disability essayists

Seventeen students from Wartburg College and Waverly High School visited The Spectrum Network in Decorah recently to interview contributors to From My Perspective: Essays about Disability. The students studied the book for a class offered by the Wartburg College Social Work department spring semester. 

Several authors read excerpts from their essays and talked with the students. One student observed, "Meeting these courageous and talented authors was beyond the scope of words; a powerful and awesome experience." Co-editors Rachel Faldet and Kris Schanilec, and The Spectrum Network's executive director, Toni Smith, discussed the writing workshops and editing process that led to publication of the book.

The book was chosen as a classroom text by Dr. Tammy Faux, assistant professor of Social Work at Wartburg College, and Luther College alumnus. "As a classroom tool, From My Perspective opens up a new way of looking at how people with different abilities live. Students find the stories powerful, eye-opening, and real," said Faux.

 

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Wartburg College students meet with authors of disability essays.