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"Born Extraordinary helps parents of children with differences and disabilities to relinquish their instinctive anxieties, embrace their new normal, and ultimately find joy in watching their children thrive. Often the subjects of unwanted attention-ranging from pitying stares to bullying-Zucker and her sons have learned to ignore what others think and live fearlessly. Also incorporating the stories of other families with visible and invisible differences...
3) Ugly
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"Robert Hoge was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs, but he refused to let what made him different stand in the way of leading a happy, successful life. This is the true story of how he embraced his circumstances and never let his "ugly" stop him from focusing on what truly mattered."--
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"Vulnerable narratives of fatherhood are, even now, rather few and far between; rarer still is an ethnographic study, backed by personal experience, that delves deep into the practical and emotional realities of intensive caregiving. Grounded in the intimate everyday lives of men caring for children with major physical and intellectual disabilities, Worlds of Care undertakes an exploration of how men consider and shape their identities in the context...
6) Disability
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Discusses disabilities, who has them, the physical and social challenges faced by disabled people, how they can work and play, and what kinds of help are available, with an emphasis on physical disabilities.
9) The rescue
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Taylor McAden, a volunteer fireman, is always first to leap into a dangerous situation, but never willing to let himself fall in love. Then he meets Denise Holden, a single mother who has moved to Edenton, N.C. to start a new life with her son.
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This is a memoir of my twenty-five years teaching children with special needs. It's a love story about the special students and others who over the years graced my life with just that, their grace. Sharpe's spiritual reflections on God and angels is a constant referral in this book, which speaks of 'angel teachers', the 'hearts of angels' which reside in many of these children, and their fleeting and long-term influences as they move through her life...
16) Just because
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"A younger brother describes all the fun he has with the big sister he loves so much just because. He is enthusiastic about just how loving and special she is, and delights in telling us about all the fun things they do together. Only as his tale unfolds does the reader begin to realize that his sister has special needs and by then the reader just accepts, as he does, all the wonderful things about her. Teachers and librarians will appreciate this...
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Meet ClaraBelle Blue, a snazzy little preschooler with major moxie--and a hot pink wheelchair! ClaraBelle Blue faces the naysayers in her class, and shows them all the things she can do, like play jump rope and go down the slide, and how like them she really is, regardless of her challenges.
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