For parents of a child with a disability who sometimes have felt completely unable to cope with the unique problems confronting them, this book will help them overcome fears and inhibitions. Discussion sections are included.
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Robert is widely known for his work on behalf of people with disabilities. In 1968 he received a Rosemary Dybwad International Award, enabling him to travel and study attitudes toward people with disabilities throughout Sweden and Denmakr. In 1987 he and Martha Perske shared the Healing Community Arts & Letters Award at the United Nations in New York. The Perskes have collaborated on two major reports to U.S. presidents: Mental Retardation: The Leading Edge, for President Carter; and, in cooperation with others, Mental Retardation: Century of Decision, for President Nixon.
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Perskes book was given to me after the birth of myson who experiences Down Syndrome. It has been a source of hope and inspiration even ten years later. This is a book that should be passed out to parents and professionals of special needs children, and required reading for anyone going into a teaching or health related field where they will have the pleasure of working with differently abled people.
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This book is for families who are trying to turn a tough situation into a rich experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
persons with handicaps, child with the handicap, children with handicaps Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Consider These Options, United States, Down's Syndrome, North America, New York, Martin Kallikak, Robert Meyers New!
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- The Kallikak Family (Classics in psychology) by Henry Herbert Goddard on 4 pages
- War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy on page 85
- War and peace : a novel by Count Leo Tolstoy (Modern Library Giants, 1.1) by Leo Tolstoy on page 85
- Ellis Island by Instructor Books on page 33
- Moral Man and Immoral Society (Continuum Impacts) by Reinhold Niebuhr on page 85
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- Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers by Rosalynn Carter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- All God's Children by Joni Eareckson Tada on page 47
- Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies with Disabilities Talk About Adoption by Joanne Finnegan in Back Matter
- Am I Okay?: A Layman's Guide to the Psychiatrist's Bible by Allen Frances on page 370
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