Holding Up The Sky Together: Unpacking the National Narrative about People with Intellectual Disabilities - Paperback

by Ronald Bishop (Author), Sadie Pennington (With), Morgan Weiss (With)

This book is part memoir, part historical survey, part academic analysis written to inject more realism into the national dialogue about intellectual disabilities. Families that include a member with an intellectual disability are grateful for increased awareness and tolerance, but there is so much further to go.

Author Biography

Ronald Bishop is a professor in the Department of Communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He lives in Delaware with his amazing wife Sheila and his indomitable son. A native of Maplewood, N.J. He earned his Ph.D. at Temple University in Philadelphia. Sadie Pennington is a communication major at Drexel University. She grew up in Caldwell, New Jersey and attended James Caldwell High School in West Caldwell. Morgan Weiss is a communication major at Drexel University. She grew up in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania and attended Mount St. Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.