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Sullivan, Teresa

Summary: When Mikey is young, the Sullivans are a closely knit unit, all of them devoted to caring for her. But as Mikey grows older, she also grows increasingly violent. By the time she's twelve, institutionalization is the only available option--and without the shared purpose of caring for Mikey, the family begins to unravel. As her family falls apart, Teresa searches for relief and connection during...

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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SUL

Rajput, Minoti

Summary: Rajput, a certified financial planner, has spent the last thirty years helping parents of children with special needs to plan for their retirement and the long-term care of their children. This book shares stories from her experiences and offers advice to families in similar circumstances.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.151 RAJ

Clark, Zion

Summary: "Zion Clark has always had big dreams for himself despite the many hardships he faced growing up as a Black disabled child in the foster care system of Ohio. His childhood years were marked by instability as he moved from home to home, experiencing abuse and neglect. And yet his determination and grit pushed him to become an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer. His constant reinvention led him...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CLA

Marcus, Amy Dockser

Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happened when a group of parents joined forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children's lives. Parents whose children had been diagnosed with the rare and fatal genetic condition Niemann-Pick Type C disease recognized there would never be a treatment in time to save their children if things stayed the same, so the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 MAR

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Publisher / Publication Date: Trumpeter 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 DIF

Brookwood, Marilyn

Summary: "The fascinating-and eerily timely-tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who overthrew long-accepted racist and classist views of childhood development. "Doomed from birth" was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two toddler girls at theOrphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.231 BRO

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.231 BRO

Forgan, James W.

Contents: The big deal about executive functioning -- General support for executive functioning difficulties -- Holding back impulses -- Keeping information in working memory -- Shifting, being flexible and regulating emotion -- Focusing and self-monitoring -- Not just ordinary organizing -- Managing time -- Taking action -- Sustaining effort -- Planning/problem solving/goal setting/using critical...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press Inc. 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 FOR

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Summary: "FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sundance Selects 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAR

Harris, Taylor

Summary: "One morning, Tophs, Taylor Harris's round-cheeked, lively twenty-two-month-old, wakes up listless and unresponsive. At the hospital, her maternal instincts are confirmed: something is wrong with her boy, and Taylor's life will never be the same. With every question the doctors answer about Tophs's increasingly troubling symptoms, more arise, and Taylor dives into the search for a diagnosis....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, TAYLOR HAR

Agar, Johnny

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Summary: "The incredible story of Johnny Agar, born with cerebral palsy and who doctors thought would never walk, overcoming the odds to participate in long-distance endurance races with his dad pushing him, until the final mile when he walks across the finish line." - provided by publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dexterity 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AGAR, JOHNNY AGA

Reber, Deborah

Summary: "Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are--these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing disorder, and other neurodifferences. Their challenges are many. But for the parents who love them, the challenges are...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 REB

Brown, Amy J.

Summary: "Join three mothers of special needs children as they share tools to help you move from isolation to connection-even while you continue navigating the hard, emotional reality of parenting a child with special needs"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BRO

Zucker, Meg

Summary: "Born Extraordinary helps parents of children with differences and disabilities to relinquish their instinctive anxieties, embrace their new normal, and ultimately find joy in watching their children thrive. Often the subjects of unwanted attention-ranging from pitying stares to bullying-Zucker and her sons have learned to ignore what others think and live fearlessly. Also incorporating the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2023

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Summary: Documentary film sharing the efforts of two American organizations providing medical aid after the catastrophic 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Project Medishare, which set up clinics for victims, and the Knights of Columbus, which provided prosthetic limbs for the many young people who suffered amputations. The film also follows a small group of earthquake victims who form Team Zaryen, an amputee...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2014

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNB

Grandin, Temple

Summary: "Empowering strategies for anyone who works with children and teens on the spectrum. International best-selling writer and autist Temple Grandin joins psychologist Debra Moore in presenting nine strengths-based mindsets necessary to successfully work with young people on the autism spectrum. Examples and stories bring the approaches to life, and detailed suggestions and checklists help readers...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 GRA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 GRA

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 GRA

McClain AnnMarie

Summary: Loved Ones with a Physical Disability covers the basics of a physical disability, what people with a physical disability might experience, loving someone with a physical disability, and showing love for others and yourself.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 1986

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Coucouvanis, Judith A.

Summary: Guides parents through the process of toilet training children with special needs, including the use of rewards to encourage a child's progress and teaching potty training techniques at public bathrooms.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Autism Asperger Pub. Co. 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 COU

Hale, Natalie.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 2011

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 HAL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents Hale

Summary: Babies with Down Syndrome-- the book that tens of thousands of new parents have turned to for information and guidance-- is now completely revised and updated. Covering medical care, daily care, family life, development, early interention, learning, legal rights, and much more, the new edition is a complete roadmap to every aspect of your child's health and well being from birth through age five.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618 BAB

Falk-Allen, Francine

Summary: n No Spring Chicken, Francine Falk-Allen―a polio survivor who knows a thing or two about living with a disability―offers her own take on how to navigate the complications aging brings with equanimity (and a sense of humor). The handbook is divided into three sections: Part I is a jaunt through accessible travel pleasures and pitfalls in several parts of the world; Part II addresses the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.196 FAL

Sundquist, Josh

Summary: "Social media star and comedian Josh Sundquist takes readers on his hilarious journey to the fringes of viral stardom to discover if it's possible to be both very famous and very happy"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SUN

Estreich, George.

Summary: The author discusses the raising of his daughter, Laura Estreich, with Down syndrome.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ESTREICH, GEORGE EST

Ramesh, Jaya

Summary: What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 649.7 RAM

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