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“In eye-opening narratives based on their parent support group process, nine mothers explore the intense, sometimes painful, emotional terrain of raising a child with special needs. The children who have helped shape these women’s lives have a variety of special needs, including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADHD, and multiple disabilities.

The successes, setbacks, struggles, and joys shared here cover important aspects of daily life: relationships with professional providers, family life, work, school issues, and feelings about the ‘self’ and closest friends and family members. The common themes that emerge -being heard and feeling understood; dealing with a greater emotional intensity than most parents do; coping; and healing – provide a vivid portrait of what these mothers, and others like them, find most important and most difficult.”

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