Overcoming the label of learning disability may be an achievement but also triumphing over the obstacles caused by prejudice at being labeled with schizophrenia is highly unusual. Philip Hill uses his auto-biographical account to describe the ways in which he overcame the rejection of his peer group at school eighbourhood and how he used his experiences of mental illness to help others like himself before going on to train as a social worker.
This amazing account of triumph over adversity should be an inspiration to other people who find themselves labeled with severe...
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Overcoming the label of learning disability may be an achievement but also triumphing over the obstacles caused by prejudice at bei...
Philip Hill was the youngest of a family of four and was born on the same day as his twin brother Paul. His elder brother was Peter and sister Anita, Philip never saw his father but was reunited with his mother on a visit to her care home when he was 14 years old. Philip and Paul were brought up by foster parents Albert and Jessica alongside their aoptive sister Lynn.
Separated from his natural mother at critical early stage and neglected in a childrens home Philip was behind in achieving key academic and emotional developmental milestones.
Crucial to his later development was his twenty...
Philip Hill was the youngest of a family of four and was born on the same day as his twin brother Paul. His elder brother was Peter and sister Anita, ...
