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As an adult with a disability and a couple of chronic illnesses interested in becoming a parent, I'm interested in how parents' illnesses and disabilities and issues affect the way they parent and on how they affect the kids.
This list is intended to include books by adults who develop disabilities and/or major or chronic illnesses either before become parents or while their children are children, as well as books written by people whose parents are disabled, that include something about how it affected them.
For the purposes of this list, alcoholism and drug addiction don't count as disabilities and ADHD, autism, and deafness count especially if they are presented as disabilities in the book.
This list is intended to include books by adults who develop disabilities and/or major or chronic illnesses either before become parents or while their children are children, as well as books written by people whose parents are disabled, that include something about how it affected them.
For the purposes of this list, alcoholism and drug addiction don't count as disabilities and ADHD, autism, and deafness count especially if they are presented as disabilities in the book.
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Beyond the Austic Plateau - A Parent's Story and Practical Help with Autism
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Stephen Pitman (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 800,
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Autism - What Do You Need To Know? A Parent's Guide To Autism Causes, Diagnosis and Treatments. DSM-5 Ready
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3.85 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 600,
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Autism & Asperger's Syndrome in Layman's Terms. Your Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, PDD-NOS and Other Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs).
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4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 594,
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Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Dad
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Scott Benner (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 152 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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Kids First, Diabetes Second: tips for parenting a child with type 1 diabetes
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Leighann Calentine (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 80 ratings
score: 297,
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3 people voted
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Raising Teens with Diabetes: A Survival Guide for Parents
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Moira McCarthy (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention
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Katherine Ellison (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 582 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Boy Without Instructions: Surviving the Learning Curve of Parenting a Child with ADHD
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Penny Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 525 ratings
score: 100,
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Being in Control: Natural Techniques for Increasing Your Potential and Creativity for Success in School--Also for Improving Concentration and Learning in Children with ADHD and Dyslexia
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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My Mommy Has Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Gail The Giraffe's Story
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Rebecca Clary (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
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Autism: The Gift That Needs to Be Opened
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3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Más Allá del Silencio
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4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Adult Asperger's Syndrome: The Essential Guide
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3.92 avg rating — 206 ratings
score: 100,
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Own Your ADHD: Discover Your True Potential
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Faigy Liebermann (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 100,
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Moojag and the Lost Memories (Moojag, #2)
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N.E. McMorran (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
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A Kids Book About Executive Functioning
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Iris Wong (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 100,
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My Mommy had Brain Surgery & I'm Okay!
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 100,
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Mosaic
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Laura Gaddis (Goodreads Author)
4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Moonface: A True Romance
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3.56 avg rating — 205 ratings
score: 99,
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Moojag and the Auticode Secret (Moojag, #1)
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N.E. McMorran (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings
score: 99,
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Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs
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4.46 avg rating — 655 ratings
score: 99,
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I Remember Running: The Year I Got Everything I Ever Wanted - and ALS
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4.14 avg rating — 225 ratings
score: 98,
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Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir
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4.55 avg rating — 3,244 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Long Time, No See
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Beth Finke (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Living with Juvenile Arthritis: A Parent's Guide
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Kimberly Poston Miller (Goodreads Author)
4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
score: 97,
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Couples With Intellectual Disabilities Talk About Living and Loving
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 96,
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Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism
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3.81 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
score: 95,
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Out of Joint: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis
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3.93 avg rating — 55 ratings
score: 94,
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Most of Me: Surviving My Medical Meltdown
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Robyn Michele Levy (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 132 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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If a Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard
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Jennifer Rosner (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 264 ratings
score: 92,
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Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever
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Joel Derfner (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 838 ratings
score: 91,
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Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love
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4.07 avg rating — 2,450 ratings
score: 90,
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Cereal for Dinner: Strategies, Shortcuts, and Sanity for Moms Battling Illness
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3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 89,
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When You're a Parent With Diabetes: A Real Life Guide to Staying Healthy While Raising a Family
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3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 88,
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Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA
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Bonnie J. Rough (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 201 ratings
score: 87,
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Other times when I do see books featuring parents with disabilities, they are usually elder parents or grandparents, and their children are already grown up. It just reinforces misconceptions that people with disabilities are not capable of managing a life balance between taking care of their medical needs and their children's needs.