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Faking It

Christopher Lee is perceptually disabled - the way his brain process language interferes with his ability to understand and use written and spoken English. Branded disabled by a system that ignored his strengths and fearing every encounter with the English language, Christopher devised clever methods of faking his way through school. The disguise worked well, gaining him acceptance as a special student to the University of Georgia. But there he found his faking wouldn't work- he has to recognize and confront his problem. At the University's Learning Disabilities Adult clinic, he met Rosemary Jackson and after five years of intensive work with her, Christopher graduated from the University in 1990. He lost the need to fake it. And he wrote this book.

A collaboration in trust and faith, Faking It is Christopher' story in his words, syntax, and images. The book tells of two decades of frustration in school matched by persistence, resilience, and ingenuity, Faking It is moving testimony of how people with Christopher' problems can triumph. It is a powerful indictment of the nationwide system that leaves people like Christopher feeling incompetent and stupid, locking them in a prison of self-doubt. Christopher Lee shows the way out.

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