Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery Yale University Press
We Walk: Life with Severe Autism (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) <p>In this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experience—the positive and the negative—as a mother of a now twenty-one-year-old son with severe autism. Lutz&apos;s human emotion drives through each page and challenges commonly held ideas that define autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. <i>We Walk</i> is inspired by her own questions: What is the place of intellectually and developmentally disabled people in society? What responsibilities do we, as citizens and human beings, have to one another? Who should decide for those who cannot decide for themselves? What is the meaning of religion to someone with no abstract language? Exploring these questions, <i>We Walk</i> directly—and humanly—examines social issues such as inclusion, religion, therapeutics, and friendship through the lens of severe autism. </p><p>In a world where public perception of autism is largely shaped by the "quirky geniuses" featured on television shows like <i>The Big Bang Theory</i> and <i>The Good Doctor</i>, <i>We Walk</i> demands that we center our debates about this disorder on those who are most affected by its impacts.</p> The Place of Us: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Courage <b> "This book is a wonderful instrument, teaching compassion and humanity...Karen Draper's pain became my pain, her joy my joy."</b> ~We Love Big Books<br /><br /><b>"Like a friend explaining their story, but also the most beautiful visual description, with imagery and atmosphere to match the emotional rollercoaster."</b> ~ K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite <br /><b><i>The Place of Us </i>is a powerful, loving story that will fill your heart and make your spirit soar!  </b>~ Pat<br /><br />Karen Draper and her husband are ecstatic to welcome Preston, their first child, into their lives. Joyful anticipation turns to fear when they are told they must prepare to lose him.<br /><br />When Preston defies the odds, the Draper family enters the world of special needs. A journey where they experience indifference, medical emergencies and uncertainty, all while trying to maintain some sense of normalcy.<br /><br />As Karen discovers the educational blockades for special needs students, she taps into her intuitive side, discovering how love and courage take mysterious forms, even in the most ordinary of lives.<br /><br />From the daily grind of balancing caring for a special needs son and a healthy daughter to mystical, angelic appearances, Karen learns about life, death, and the spaces we fill in between.<br /><br />Told from a mother's perspective, The Place of Us will rearrange your heart and take you to places of hope and healing within yourself.<br /> Eye Can Write: A memoir of a child’s silent soul emerging <i>Can you imagine not being able to speak or communicate? The silence, the loneliness, the pain. But, inside you disappear to magical places, and even meet your best friend there. However, most of the time you remain imprisoned within the isolation. Waiting, longing, hoping. Until someone realises your potential and discovers your key, so your unlocking can begin. Now you are free, flying like a wild bird in the open sky. A voice for the voiceless.</i><br /><br />Jonathan Bryan has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that makes him incapable of voluntary movement or speech. He was locked inside his own mind, aware of the outside world but unable to fully communicate with it until he found a way by using his eyes to laboriously choose individual letters, and through this make his thoughts known.<br /><br />In <i>Eye can Write</i>, we read of his intense passion for life, his mischievous sense of fun, his hopes, his fears and what it&apos;s like to be him. This is a powerful book from an incredible young writer whose writing ability defies age or physical disability - a truly inspirational figure.<br /><br />Foreword by Sir Michael Morpurgo<br /><br />A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Jonathan Bryan&apos;s charity, Teach Us Too.<br />http://www.teachustoo.org.uk/ The Child Who Never Grew: A Memoir <b>A “groundbreaking” memoir about raising a special-needs daughter in an era of misinformation and prejudice—a classic that helped transform our perceptions (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>).</b><br />  <br /><i>It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights.</i><br />  <br /> Pearl S. Buck is known today for earning a Nobel Prize in Literature and for such <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling novels as <i>The Good Earth</i>. What many do not know is that she wrote that great work of art with the motivation of paying for a special school for her oldest daughter, Carol, who had a rare developmental disorder.<br />  <br /> What was called “mental retardation” at the time—though some used crueler terms—was a disability that could cause great suffering and break a parent’s heart. There was little awareness of how to deal with such children, and as a result some were simply hidden away, considered a source of shame and stigma, while others were taken advantage of because of their innocence.<br />  <br /> In this remarkable account, which helped bring the issue to light, Pearl S. Buck candidly discusses her own experience as a mother, from her struggle to accept Carol’s diagnosis to her determination to give her child as full and happy a life as possible, including a top-quality education designed around her needs and abilities. Both heartrending and inspiring, <i>The Child Who Never Grew</i> provides perspective on just how much progress has been made in recent decades, while also offering common sense and timeless wisdom for the challenges still faced by those who love and care for someone with special needs. It is a clear-eyed and compelling read by a woman renowned for both her literary talent and her humanitarian spirit.<br />  <br /><i>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.</i><br />   Reversed: A Memoir Lois Letchford Waiting to Hear "Momma": A Mother's Memoir Specialchild Press, LLC The Mama Memoirs: Embracing Life, Relationships, and Identity While Raising a Child with Special Needs 978-1-7328780-0-6 More Alike Than Different: My Life with Down Syndrome Prometheus Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law Twelve Shadows on the Porch: A Cleveland memoir of survival and three generations of mental illness Wednesday's Child Press, LLC A String of Paper Suns: An Experimental Memoir Bridget Siljander Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir Penguin Press White The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy Harper Perennial