Everyone must read this book. Not just because it's about my daughter and husband, but it's an excellent read. Robert is a fantastic writer. His writing is warm and inviting and makes you feel like you are talking to him face to face. Enjoy! ...more
I am on page 221 of 273. you might like (or hate) this book if you are a speech pathologist..................which you likely are not, but you might like it anyways. it's about a families quest to find out why their daughter doesn't speak and then about the uphill struggle with the school distric... ...more
People pick up this book and expect it to be a warm, fluffy memoir about a father's love for his daughter. And it is, don't get me wrong, but it's also a humane look at how people's lives are sometimes turned upside-down by having a "special-needs" child.
I first heard of this book from my mother,... ...more
A lot of people have been waiting for this book for a long time, and thank goodness it was well worth the wait. Many of us first encountered Schuyler either just before or shortly after her birth, through reading Rob's web site, then called "Darn Tootin'" (now called "My Beloved Monster andMe").... ...more
It isn't very often that I give a book 5 stars, but this book really connected with my heart. As the mother of a son, who has his speech questioned countless times, I thought I might have some what of an understanding of these people were going through. How wrong I was. I don't think that I could... ...more
This book caught me by surprise -- I picked it up from the library during a dry spell and ended up reading it one sitting. The author has a likable, quirky style, the story is compelling, but I found the most fascinating aspect to be the technology that comes to the rescue when things are most de... ...more
This book grew out of the blog by the same name. A realistic look at the trials and tribulations of raising a child with special needs and how that affects the whole family told from the father's perspective. He provides a very honest look at the ups and the downs that he's had. I read it for a c... ...more
"Communication is the most fundamental of human capacities. People need to be able to communicate to fulfill their social, educational, emotional and vocational potential." - From the International Communication Project (http://www.internationalcommunication...)
I don't know what I can say about this book that would really do it justice. Rob (who I was lucky enough to meet last summer and now consider a friend), is funny, extremely self-deprecating, and very honest. His personality shines through very clearly in his writing and makes this wild story feel... ...more