Special Needs category: 986 books
Cancer Sucks
Our Family's Journey with Childhood Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Sometimes a chance event can change the course of our lives forever. If you believe in destiny it may not just be a chance event, in fact it may be something that has brought us to a path in life that was meant to be. In our journey with childhood cancer you will see just that and maybe if you are going...
The Autism Puzzle
Connecting the Dots Between Environmental Toxins and Rising Autism Rates
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
The alarming spike in autism in recent years has sent doctors and parents on a search for answers. And while many controversies have erupted around the issue, none have gotten us any closer to a definitive explanation, and many key concerns remain unexplored. Moving beyond the distractions of the...
by Monica Davis
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Without any fear of being misconstrued, I can say that Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is one of the commonest and most misdiagnosed brain disorders in recent times. Yes, though it is a medical condition that requires great understanding from family members of sufferers.
But the truth is...
Evolution of Cocoons
A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Mental Illness and Asperger's
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
"Destiny presented me with a situation that affords me access to a most strange, sometimes frightening, beautiful, and always intriguing world."
Evolution of Cocoons is a firsthand account of mothering a child who suffers from debilitating mental and developmental illnesses. The book...
by Marc Ramirez
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Rapidly and surely, Zach Thibodeaux is going blind — the result of a condition called cone-rod dystrophy, a degenerative disease that is destroying the cells of his retina and for which there is no cure. At the age of 8, he’s coping with questions that are hard to imagine: How do you prepare for...
One Kid at a Time
A Single Dad, a Boy in Foster Care and an Adoption
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
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"Dekker's ability...is striking. It would be easy for a memoir dealing with this subject to veer into an angry, ranting outburst, but Dekker's restrained writing conveys the chaos with refined dignity. Dekker is refreshingly honest...Which makes the story all the more poignant...
Strange Beauty
A Portrait of My Son
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A unique and hopeful story of how one woman and her family were transformed by her child's multiple disabilities and inability to talk and how she, in turn, transformed a community.
This intimate, no-holds barred memoir shares one family's experiences with a child who is both autistic and physically...
Proud Flesh: The Resurrection of Baby B
A Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
This memoir is about a baby abused in an act of unspeakable brutality and one family's fight to rescue him. At times, disasters both man-made and natural, threaten to block Baby B's path to recovery and justice. More than a memoir, it is a call to action.
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When Your Child Has . . . ADD/ADHD
*Get the Right Diagnosis *Understand Treatment Options *Help Your Child Focus
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
ADD/ADHD is a complex disorder but getting the clear, concise information you need to help your child doesn't have to be a challenge. Written by the expert doctor team of clinical psychologist Rebecca Rutledge and pediatrician Vincent Ianelli, When Your Child Has . . . ADD/ADHD gives you the latest...
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition
Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
The first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder, The Out-of-Sync Child touched the hearts and lives of thousands of families. Carol Stock Kranowitz continues her significant work with this companion volume, which presents more than one hundred playful activities specially designed...
The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Girls
All you need to help your daughter develop confidence, achieve self-esteem, and improve communication
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Raising a girl in today's world is more complicated than ever. How do you help your daughter navigate through her world of school cliques, confusing media messages, and pressures to be a "good girl"?
Newly revised and updated, this guide gives you smart and comprehensive advice on the trials...
I Know You're In There
Winning Our War Against Autism
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
I Know You’re In There - Winning our War Against Autism is the true account of a family’s triumph over autism.
Ryan’s parents realized there was something not right with their son. They knew it before the psychiatrist predicted Ryan would end up in an institution. The autism diagnosis...
Heaven Hears
The True Story of What Happened When Pat Boone Asked the World to Pray for His Grandson's Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
On June 19, 2001, Ryan Corbin, grandson of Pat Boone, accidently stepped through a skylight and fell three stories onto a cement floor. When he broke through that roof, Ryan fell into a very different life from the one he had before as the beloved son of Lindy Boone Michaelis and first grandson of...
Somewhere Over the Sea: A Father's Letter to His Autistic Son
A Father's Letter to His Autistic Son
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2012
In this deeply moving and elegantly written book, Halfdan W. Freihow takes Gabriel, his young autistic son, on a journey through the full spectrum of human experience. With great love, profound tenderness, and gentle wit, Freihow captures Gabriel's triumphs and disappointments, his joy and frustration,...