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

by Stanley Klein,John Kemp

Stanley Klein John Kemp Social Sciences English

Most parents of children with disabilities lack personal experience with adults with disabilities.

Most parents of children with disabilities lack personal experience with adults with disabilities. Hearing from people who have lived the disability experience can provide all parents with essential information about the possibilities for their children.

Reflections from a Different Journey book. This book presents glimpse into the lives and minds of people with different disabilities - cerebral palsy, down syndrome, autism, learning disabilities, deafness, blindness, mental illness, developmental disabilities, and spina bifida.

Reflections from a different journey: what adults with disabilities wish all parents knew. John Kemp (Washington, DC) is an attorney who was born without arms and legs, and is a leading advocate for people with disabilities. He is also a former national executive director of the United Cerebral Palsy Association. Библиографические данные.

and John D. Kemp the true authors of the book are people with disabilities

and John D. Kemp the true authors of the book are people with disabilities. The book is divided into five chapters with different themes that people with disabilities submitted their story and these happened to get a spot in the book. There are five different themes that are explained and most of them are written to explain to society and their parents how they view the world and how their

Offers parents of children with disabilities inspiration and advice from those who've been there Reflections from a Different Journey . Reflections from a Different Journey : What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew. by John D. Kemp and Stanley D. Klein.

Offers parents of children with disabilities inspiration and advice from those who've been there Reflections from a Different Journey presents 40 stories b. .

In preparing their essays, the authors were asked to write about something they wished their own parents had read or been told while they were growing up. This book is a wonderful celebration of diversity.

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

Stanley D Klein; John D Kemp; Marlee Matlin. Every disability is a little different, so pay attention and be inventive in how you work with it. Don't be mysterious about visits to the doctor: explain what's going on and make the visit something you're doing with your child. One essay spoke of hospital visits turning into adventures, because afterward he'd get ice cream and a trip to a museum.

Offers parents of children with disabilities inspiration and advice from those who've been there

Reflections from a Different Journey presents 40 stories by successful adults who grew up with disabilities. They provide insights into what it is like to persevere in the face of community prejudices, and what it takes for families and children with disabilities to work together toward fulfillment.

While there are many books for parents on raising a child with a disability, this is the first to help them learn from people with disabilities, and to help children face the unique challenges and rewards of growing up with a disability. Reflections from a Different Journey will also encourage and inspire older children and adults with disabilities, other family members, and education and health care professionals who serve these families.

AGAD

As the mother of a 33 year-old son with spina bifida, I have read hundreds of books over the years about disability and parenting issues, many of them quite useful. But this book--comprised of the diverse voices of a large variety of adults with disablities and chronic conditions--hit home in ways that other books haven't. To learn from the point of view of the grown-up child is really fascinating. Several of the writers expressed extreme gratitude for their parents, but some wrote longingly about not being listened to, or heard, as children. Quite a few incorporated the theme of "Honesty is the best policy" into their essays: a favorite quote of mine is "Be open and honest with your children in all aspects of their lives, from the most trivial to the major ones." The personal stories and writing styles vary, so I was never bored. This is a compassionate and much-needed book, and I hope it finds a very wide audience. Highly recommended. Mary Lee Moser, author,There and Back: A Journal Companion for Special Needs Parents

Tojahn

Not my kind of book. Information primarily derived from personal stories, rather than a broader, psychological resource. Concentrates on those with physical handicapped, sometimes overlooks the intellectually handicapped.

zzzachibis

As advertised. Filled the immediate need.

Llathidan

People with disabilities and parents will love this book. Foreword by Marlee Maitlin, it's a great look at the lives of successful people with disabilities and the role their parents played, mostly good, but some bad too.

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Zehaffy

Fantastic book for those who live with disability and those who don't. Truly a masterful tool in helping the nondisabled understand what it means to live with a disability and know that we are NORMAL people. At a time when most books tell the story of a disabled person for them Mr. Klein has done an excellent job in letting the authors speak for themselves. A must have for parents and families raising children with special needs.

Shaktiktilar

As a parent of a child with a disability, this book challenged my "over protective-ness" and helped me see things the way my child may see them. The insight given is amazing, and has assisted me to see that my child can do more than even I give him credit for. A must read for parents!

This book gives you a real look into the lives of people with disabilities and helps you understand what they need and want.