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Comprises forty essays by adult role models who share what it is like to grow up with a disability. 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.

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• Foreword(p. vii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xi)
• Introduction(p. xiii)
• 1 Love Me and Accept Me as I Am
• Ain't Done Too Bad for a Cauliflower(p. 3)
• Disability Does Not Equal Liability(p. 8)
• What I'd Tell That Doctor(p. 13)
• Please Believe Me(p. 16)
• Parents Without Prejudice(p. 18)
• The Virtues of "Ballpark Normalcy"(p. 23)
• Take Me as I Am!(p. 27)
• Please Accept Me--All of Me(p. 32)
• 2 Parents Are the Most Important Experts
• What's a Mother to Do?(p. 39)
• The Rules of the "Game"(p. 44)
• "Deaf People Can Do Anything but Hear"(p. 49)
• The Autism Bomb(p. 54)
• Solutions from the Heart(p. 60)
• Creative Pathways(p. 65)
• My Secret Childhood Existence(p. 70)
• Another Way of Seeing(p. 75)
• As Normal as Can Be(p. 79)
• If Mom Only Knew(p. 84)
• 3 Parental Expectations
• Affirmation and Challenge(p. 91)
• A Stubborn Sense of Entitlement(p. 96)
• Independence: Lessons from My Mom(p. 101)
• Go for It!(p. 105)
• Tapping My Potential(p. 109)
• The Hand That You're Dealt(p. 113)
• Alien or Activist? A Woman in Search of a Big Life(p. 117)
• Giving Our Children Roots and Wings(p. 122)
• 4 Sexuality
• Relationship Realism(p. 131)
• Code of Silence(p. 136)
• My Mother's Warnings(p. 140)
• 5 Education About Disability
• Honesty, the Best Policy(p. 147)
• No Secrets: A Kid Is a Kid(p. 152)
• Twice Exceptional(p. 156)
• Does Your Child Have Epilepsy? So Do I!(p. 161)
• Learning Was Always Hard for Me(p. 165)
• Please Don't Be Put Off by Your Doctor(p. 170)
• Listening Is the Key(p. 175)
• As Much Love as You Can Muster(p. 179)
• Groups Offer Valuable Life Lessons(p. 184)
• Creating an Individual(p. 189)
• Afterword: Disability Culture(p. 195)
• Resources for Parents and Family Members(p. 201)

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Library Journal Review

Klein, a noted attorney and advocate for people with disabilities, and Kemp, a clinical psychologist and former editor of Exceptional Parent magazine, have gathered 40 essays from a large sample of disabled adults to answer the question, "What do you wish your parents had known?" Organized by common themes (e.g., "Sexuality" and "Education and Disability"), the essays do not tend to the extreme sentiments of "my parents screwed up" or "my parents were perfect" that one might expect. Instead, most of the contributors offer a nice mix of both positive and negative comments. Parent readers will ask themselves, "Am I doing that?" or "I'm not doing that, am I?" The resource section includes a few listings that are often missing from such lists, nicely rounding out the text. Both Klein and Kemp are highly visible in the disabled community, and actress Marlee Maltin has written a foreword, which could create sizable demand. For most collections.-KellyJo Houtz Griffin, Eatonville, WA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and frequent speaker to parents and health care and education professionals, has worked with children with disabilities and their parents for fifty years and has received numerous national awards for his work. A cofounder and former editor in chief of Exceptional Parent magazine, Dr. Klein has coedited four books. He lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts
John D. Kemp is a Washington, DC, attorney and lifelong advocate for the rights of people with disabilities who was born without arms and legs. He is a frequently sought-after speaker, giving up to fifty keynote presentations each year. Mr. Kemp served as the 1960 National Easter Seal Society Poster Child and received several awards, including the Freedom of the Human Spirit Award from the International Center for the Disabled and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws and the Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award from his alma mater, Washburn University Law School