From the Heart: On Being the Mother of a Child With Special Needs

by Patricia Bowman, Jayne D.B. Marsh

Nine mothers explore the intense, sometimes painful, emotional terrain of raising children with such special needs as autism, Down syndrome, AD/HD, and multiple disabilities. They discuss relationships with professionals, family life, work, school issues, and reflect on feelings about themselves and their closest friends and family.

149 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Silvia Corradin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading the insights of many parents of special need children, the emotions, the struggles, the simple things they enjoyed and the little things that would irritate them. While most of the children had cognitive conditions and not physical like my son, some things are just the same. We all have our own normalcy and acceptance issues.

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exquisitely painful to read.