Building Familial Spaces for Transition and Work: From the Fantastic to the Normal
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spaces, disabilities, transition
Abstract
Transition for persons with disability is a process of negotiating difficult situations and barriers set by others and by systems. My strategies to overcome those barriers in my personal transitions through education systems and employment included the creations of familiar spaces in which group support plays a major role. This paper tracks my process through the familiar spaces and gives examples of encounters with barriers along my transition through hospital treatments to schools and then work.
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Peter, J. (2000, December). Chuukese travellers and the idea of horizons. Asia Pacific ViewPoint, 41(3), 256.
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Joakim Peter, Director, College of Micronesia—FSM Chuuk Campus
Joakim Peter is the director of College of Micronesia—FSM Chuuk Campus, which is part of a six-campus junior college system in the Federated States of Micronesia. He is from the islands of Chuuk. He is also a member of a local interagency group for advocacy for children with disabilities in Chuuk. His background is Pacific History and cultural/native studies. He graduated from the University at Hawai‘i at Mānoa with master degrees in Pacific Island Studies (1994) and History (1997).