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Damn Bunch of Cripples: My Politically Incorrect Education in Disability Awareness

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The adventures of Lew Shaver really shows how lifes little twists and turns can have lifetime effect.
The book takes you on a journey of what it is like to travel and work with the disabled who turn out to be quite like everyone. The pictures he is able to draw with words will give you insights as to how they want to be treated and and how the teammates treat each other.
There are a wide range of emotions including rage, happiness, sadness, anger, elation, depression, sympathy, doubt and love in all of the nearly 50 short stories about creating and working with a wheelchair basketball team.

This memoir tells the story of roughly twenty-five years of life lessons learned with and from the members of his wheelchair basketball team through Coach Shaver's viewpoint. The book provides a good starting point for someone without exposure to disability in their life. It has humor, and is relatable. I would recommend this book to others to read. I would however point out that it could use a revision by an editor, as there are many grammatical and typographical errors throughout the book