Family & Relationships, Children With Special Needs
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Go Fast Go Faster
An Advocate’s Journey by J. F. McDermott
Go Fast Go Faster is a tender, funny, and deeply moving story of a father’s love for his daughter, and how together, they continue to triumph over tragedy. In November of 1995, birth trauma left James McDermott’s daughter Mariel profoundly brain...
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In His Lyrics
by Jackleen Givens
“In His Lyrics” is a deeply personal memoir that offers a window into the stark realities of a family grappling with addiction, mental health issues, chronic homelessness, and a life of crime to support it. It’s a story that contrasts the...
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Living In the Land of the Uprights
A Story About Thomas Voss Sorensen by Kathaleen Sorensen
I strive to create an example of all that I can be so that others in my situation can see disability for what it is. Disability does not separate me from anyone. All people are disabled, and only some are temporarily enabled. Everyone will age....
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Connected Community
One Family's Journey With Cerebral Palsy and Hydrocephalus by Marilou Blundell
An uplifting memoir about the true meaning of community, Connected Community captures the strength of a community coming together for Marilou Blundell and her family. Having travelled a similar path with her own disability, Marilou shares the...
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Speechless Dream
Narratives on Autism, Inclusion and Hope by Chandra Lebenhagen, Anantha Krishnamurthy and Janani Ramanath
Anantha is a non-speaking autistic boy, but that does not mean he has no voice. Through poetry and non-fiction prose, Speechless Dream: Narratives on Autism, Inclusion and Hope shares Anantha’s poignant interpretation of the harmful effects of...
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The Boy Who Lost His Attention
Until he discovered his super powers by DPA Weston
Once there was a boy who lost his attention ... until he discovered his superpowers. Based on a true story, this book highlights how an attention deficit diagnosis can explain children’s behaviour in school and at home and the struggle and...
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Don't Clone a Snowflake
by Rebecca Goudreault
One day I had a special delivery from heaven. I became the mother of a baby boy with bright blue eyes and blonde hair. Joey just happened to have Down Syndrome, a heart defect and health issues. This story is a recap of only fifteen months with...
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My Life as Sisyphus
Memoir of an Expatriate in the Caribbean by Catharina van Leeuwen
Armed with a graduate degree in Biological Sciences, the author leaves for the Caribbean to join her husband who has been recruited to the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Excited at the prospect of living in this vibrant culture, her...
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Denine
One mother's journey with a profoundly handicapped child by Chris Czarnata Forster
Heart-wrenchingly honest and deeply insightful, Denine tells the story of a young mother’s journey of faith with her first-born child, born profoundly handicapped. From the initial discovery of Denine’s condition and her family’s reaction to it,...
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And We All Fall Down
One Family's Struggle with Epilepsy (Inspired by true events) by Monica Friesen
Graham and Joanna Kornelsons’ life has all gone according to their plan. Graham a lawyer, and Joanna, a stay-at-home mom to her three children, live in the quaint town of Mountain City, Manitoba, enjoying a typical busy life together. Until one...
