Squint: My Journey with Leprosy (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)

Book Description. 

Lying in a hospital bed, José P. Ramirez, Jr. (b. 1948) almost lost 
everything because of a misunderstood disease. When the health 
department doctor gave him the Handbook for Persons with Leprosy, 
Ramirez learned his fate. Such a diagnosis in 1968 meant exile and 
hospitalization in the only leprosarium in the continental United 
States--Carville, Louisiana, 750 miles from his home in Laredo, Texas. 

In Squint: My Journey with Leprosy,
 Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into
 a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the 
stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the 
disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly 
communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished 
from their communities. 

His disease not only meant separation 
from the girlfriend who would later become his wife, but also a 
derailment of all life's goals. In his struggle Ramirez overcame 
barriers both real and imagined and eventually became an international 
advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities. In Squint, 
titled for the sliver of a window through which persons with leprosy in 
medieval times were allowed to view Mass but not participate, Ramirez 
tells a story of love and perseverance over incredible odds. 

José P. Ramirez, Jr., is a social worker in Houston, Texas. He has written articles about Hansen's disease for the Houston Chronicle, the Star Magazine, the National Association of Social Workers Newsletter, and other publications.

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Squint: My Journey with Leprosy (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi; First Edition edition (February 1, 2009)

Author: Jose P. Ramirez Jr. (Author), James Carville (Foreword)

ISBN-10: 1604731192

Paperback: 240 pages

Language: English

Info: http://www.amazon.com/Squint-Journey-Leprosy-Willie-Biography/dp/1604731192

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