Reflections from a Different Journey What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew

Name: Reflections from a Different Journey What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew
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ISBN: 9780071422697

ISBN-10: 0071422692

ISBN-13: 9780071422697

Edition: 2004

Authors: Stanley Klein, John Kemp

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This is an inspiring collection of essays written by adults who were diagnosed with a serious disability as a child. In these moving and diverse pieces, each individual reflects on what it is like to grow up with a disability. Although each disability is different they share common threads.

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 3/8/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Love Me and Accept Me as I Am
Ain't Done Too Bad for a Cauliflower	p. 3
Disability Does Not Equal Liability	p. 8
What I'd Tell That Doctor	p. 13
Please Believe Me	p. 16
Parents Without Prejudice	p. 18
The Virtues of "Ballpark Normalcy"	p. 23
Take Me as I Am!	p. 27
Please Accept Me--All of Me	p. 32
Parents Are the Most Important Experts
What's a Mother to Do?	p. 39
The Rules of the "Game"	p. 44
"Deaf People Can Do Anything but Hear"	p. 49
The Autism Bomb	p. 54
Solutions from the Heart	p. 60
Creative Pathways	p. 65
My Secret Childhood Existence	p. 70
Another Way of Seeing	p. 75
As Normal as Can Be	p. 79
If Mom Only Knew	p. 84
Parental Expectations
Affirmation and Challenge	p. 91
A Stubborn Sense of Entitlement	p. 96
Independence: Lessons from My Mom	p. 101
Go for It!	p. 105
Tapping My Potential	p. 109
The Hand That You're Dealt	p. 113
Alien or Activist? A Woman in Search of a Big Life	p. 117
Giving Our Children Roots and Wings	p. 122
Sexuality
Relationship Realism	p. 131
Code of Silence	p. 136
My Mother's Warnings	p. 140
Education About Disability
Honesty, the Best Policy	p. 147
No Secrets: A Kid Is a Kid	p. 152
Twice Exceptional	p. 156
Does Your Child Have Epilepsy? So Do I!	p. 161
Learning Was Always Hard for Me	p. 165
Please Don't Be Put Off by Your Doctor	p. 170
Listening Is the Key	p. 175
As Much Love as You Can Muster	p. 179
Groups Offer Valuable Life Lessons	p. 184
Creating an Individual	p. 189
Afterword: Disability Culture	p. 195
Resources for Parents and Family Members	p. 201
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