{"id":99295,"date":"2023-05-09T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=99295"},"modified":"2023-05-08T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T22:14:09","slug":"library-exhibit-showcases-wolfensberger-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/05\/09\/library-exhibit-showcases-wolfensberger-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Library exhibit showcases Wolfensberger Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>A new exhibit is open on Level 8 of the Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library. \u201cFinding a Voice: Poetry, Prose, and Stories of Neurodiversity from the Wolfensberger Collection\u201d showcases three books from the Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, collection held in the library\u2019s Robert S. Wigton Department of Special Collections and Archives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gretchen Josephson, born in Denver, Colorado (1954-2017) used poetry to interact with the world around her and to deal with events, people and issues in her life. She did not let Down syndrome or society\u2019s expectations about those with Down syndrome stop her from sharing her voice through poetry in her book \u201cBus Girl: Poems by Gretchen Josephson\u201d (1997).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poet Robert (Bob) Williams devoted his life to political activism to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. Born with cerebral palsy, Williams held several positions in state and federal government and in the private sector. \u201cIn A Struggling Voice: The Selected Poems of Robert Williams\u201d (1989) gave Williams an opportunity to advocate, through poetry, for those with disabilities to express their observations of the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cKnow Me As I Am: An Anthology of Prose, Poetry and Art by People With Learning Difficulties,\u201d edited by Dorothy Atkinson and Fiona Williams (1990), contains many autobiographical interviews, narratives handwritten and typed, poetry and artwork from individuals with a variety of disabilities. The works cover issues of the self, memories, relationships, transitions, creativity and imagination, daily life, experiences of oppression, struggles and self-determination. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Wolfensberger (1934-2011) concentrated his life on psychiatry and community advocacy for individuals with mental and physical disabilities. 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