@book{853, keywords = {social workers, people with intellectual disabilities, bus travel, group homes, professors}, author = {David Walton}, title = {Ride}, abstract = {Ray Maddas has a midlife crisis after his father dies, his wife divorces him, and the university at which he taught severs his contract. Ray’s response is almost Franciscan: he takes a volunteer position teaching mentally-challenged adults how to ride public buses each day from a group home in Jumonville to their workplace. “[I]n a materialist age,” Rays says, “who but the man who cares nothing for advancement can truly advance?” The cast of mentally challenged characters is moving.}, year = {2002}, pages = {192 p.}, publisher = {Carnegie Mellon University Press}, address = {Pittsburgh}, language = {English}, }