Background
Johnson, Harriet McBryde was born on July 8, 1957 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of David Donovan and Ada Livingstone Johnson.
( I'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I do...)
I'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal. Here, people understand. They know a spaz-attack signals that I'm excited. They're excited too, so they squeal with me; some even spaz on purpose, if you can call that spazzing . . . An unforgettable coming-of-age novel about what it's like to live with a physical disability It's the summer of 1970. Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else. She's never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp Courage. As Jean joins a community unlike any she has ever imagined, she comes to question her old beliefs and look at the world in a new light. The camp session is only ten days long, but that may be all it takes to change a life forever. Henry Holt published Harriet McBryde Johnson's adult memoir, Too Late to Die Young, in April 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.
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Johnson, Harriet McBryde was born on July 8, 1957 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of David Donovan and Ada Livingstone Johnson.
Bachelor of Science, Baptist College, Charleston, South Carolina., 1978; Master of Public Administration, College of Charleston, 1981; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1985.
Coordinator, Trident Forum for Handicapped, Charleston, 1978-1979; instructor sociology, Baptist College, 1981-1982; counselor/advisory, South Carolina. Protection and Advisory System for Handicapped, Charleston, 1982; instructor legal writing, University of Southern California Law school, Columbia, 1984-1985; associate, McClain & Derfner, Charleston, 1985-1988; private practice, Charleston, since 1988. Assistant Corporate Counsel City of Charleston, since 1988.
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Chair South Carolina. Coalition for Handicapped Persons, 1987-1989. President Charleston Democratic Women, 1989-1991.
Chair City Democratic Party, since 1995, secretary, since 1988. Member Executive Committee Charleston County Democratic Party, since 1987. Delegate South Carolina.
Democratic Convention, 1988, 90, 92, 96. Delegate national Democratic convention, 1996. Member National Organisation Social Security Claimants Representatives, National Lawyers Guild, Order of Coif, Order Wig and Robe.