A Difference in the Family: Living with a Disabled Child

By Helen Featherstone

Book Overview

Described by The New Republic as "A frank chronicle of the grief, rage, and guilt everyone in the family suffers, and the adjustments each makes to accommodate the disabled child", this book offers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465016545
• ISBN13: 9780465016549
• Release Date: October 1980
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Laying the groundwork

This book is a top-notch history of where we have been as a society dealing with children with special needs. It lays the groundwork for many of the programs and ideas we have today. Definitely worthwhile reading.

The wonderful gift for parents who have a disabled child

I discovered this book shortly after my daughter was born with a severe orthopedic birth defect, and it helped me a great deal to cope during those early months. Just reading other families' stories--and seeing that there are many ways for children to develop and be loved--was a genuine inspiration. The author's special vantagepoint, as both the mother of a disabled child and a specialist in child development, lends both sensitivity and objectivity to the writing. If you "don't know what to say" to a friend or relative who is facing this crisis, let this book do the communicating...

A wonderful source of support!

Although I have been aware of my daughter's disability for years, I found Ms. Featherstone's book to be a source of support and understanding which I couldn't find elsewhere. This book covers a wide range of disabilities from physical, to mental, to emotional handicaps and gives first-hand accounts from people who have various relationships with the disabled. I recommend this book to anyone who is searching for a niche in the world as a relative to a someone with a disability.