Section 9 provides 35 readings written by adult learners. Most have been labelled as having an intellectual / developmental disability. The writings are on subjects that many adult learners can relate to.
These readings can serve as appropriate texts for learners and tutors to work on. Learners may also want to write their own texts, using the readings in Section 9 as models. If others can do it, why can’t they?
Appropriate published reading materials for learners with intellectual / developmental disabilities are often in short supply. There are several titles, however, that would be worth obtaining to use in your work with learners. Here is a listing, in no particular order:
Cindy Crichton.
Reader’s Theatre for the Mentally Challenged. Olds, AB: Project
Read Soon (The Mountain View Society of Alberta), 1997.
Darlene Stevens
and Terrie Moar. People Reading Series, including Instructor’s
Manuals. Selkirk, MB: Continuing Education Department, Lord Selkirk School Division,
1995.
Darren Crawford
and Angele Hubert. The Challenges of Literacy and Employment. With
Facilitator’s Notes by Susan Devins and Maureen Sanders. Edmonton,
AB: PROSPECTS Literacy Association, 1995.