My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities
The stories in this collection provide parents of special needs kids with a dose of both laughter and reality. Featuring works by so-called alternative parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream thought, this anthology carefully considers the implications of raising children with...
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The stories in this collection provide parents of special needs kids with a dose of both laughter and reality. Featuring works by so-called alternative parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream thought, this anthology carefully considers the implications of raising children with disabilities. From professional writers to novice storytellers, including original essays by Robert Rummel-Hudson, Ayun Halliday, and Kerry Cohen, this assortment of authentic, shared experiences from parents in the know is a partial antidote to the stories that misrepresent, ridicule, and objectify disabled children and their parents.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781604861099 (1604861096)
ASIN: 1604861096
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: PM Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
The essays in this book are written by loving, imperfect, frank parents of disabled children writing on specific aspects.If you are looking for a how-to, this isn't it.If you are looking for a serious look at those who have disabled kids, this isn't it.The book seems good but sort of useless unless ...
We gave away our copy before I read the whole thing, but what I read was good and very helpful and man, some of these stories.