My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities

Name: My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities
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ISBN: 9781604861099

ISBN-10: 1604861096

ISBN-13: 9781604861099

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jennifer Silverman, Sarah Talbot, Yantra Bertelli

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: PM Press
Publication date: 10/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Yantra Bertelliwas one of the founding publishers ofRAG Magazine, a moderator for Hipmama.com, and has essays published inBreederandnbsp;Essential Hipmama. She lives in Seattle.Jennifer Silvermanwas an activist with m*a*m*a, a collective of radical mothers, has been published inHip MamaandOff Our Backs, and has written for a variety of parenting publications. She lives in New York City.Sarah Talbotis an assistant principal at a comprehensive high school in Washington. Her writing has appeared innbsp;Best Books for High School StudentsandBreeder: Stories for the New Generation of Mothers. She lives in Seattle.



Foreword


Introduction




The Other Combat Boot Drops


Rebirth



A Bus(wo)man's Holiday



The Story So Far



Paging Dr. House



Evaluating Ezra



The Head Game (diagnosis)



Popeye



The Letter for Services




Enough Acronyms To Make Your Head Spin: Navigating the System & Advocating For Our Kids


Exile To Bridlemile or Where the @#$%&! is My Village?!



After the IEP



Play Therapy



Accidental Unschoolers



An Inadvertently Compelling Argument for National Health Care in Five Mutually Incriminating Scenes



Watching My Son Grow: An Illustrated Timeline from Birth to 'Three Years Old



Authentic Activism



Interpreting the Signs




Seen, Heard, Respected, and Believed


What I Said, and What I Didn't Say



Jackpot!



What Should Have Been…



Building Bridges into Ordinariness



Diagnosis Invisible



A View through the Woods



My Friend Christine



Scout




How Do We Do It? Respite, Community Support, and Transitions


My Mama Drove the Short Bus



How I Met Jennyalice



No Use in Crying



Life Among the Doozies



Glass Houses



Small Victories



Dragonflies and Inky Blackness: Raising a Child with Asperger's Syndrome




Families: When the Balancing Act Induces Vertigo


Our Closet



"Because He's Retarded, Ass!"



And We Survive



Thanksgiving



Dual Parentship Status



Taking the First Step



This is What Love Looks Like




Righteous Resources What Do You Know: A Little Practical Advice After All


A User's Guide to Self-Help Literature (Or, Who's the Real Expert Here, Anyway?)



Special Needs Trusts: The Lowdown


Glossary of Terms


Resources


Contributors'Biographies


Acknowledgments


Index