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Come hear the stories of counter-cultural parents of kids
with special needs, from the recently-published My Baby Rides the Short Bus: the Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities. Essayists Kerry Cohen, Chloe Eudaly, Mitzi Waltz, and Nina Packebush along with co-editors Yantra Bertelli, Jennifer Silverman and Sarah Talbot will read from this exciting new collection of groundbreaking essays by unconventional parents raising kids with disabilities. The reading will be followed by Q&A and an author's reception. Follow the link below for more biographical details about the contributors, and other info. In lives where there is a new diagnosis or drama every day, the stories in this collection provide parents of “special needs” kids with a welcome chuckle, a rock to stand on, and a moment of reality held far enough from the heart to see clearly. Featuring works by “alternative” parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream thought--or remove its influence altogether--this anthology, taken as a whole, carefully considers the implications of parenting while raising children with disabilities.
From professional writers to novice storytellers including Robert Rummel-Hudson, Ayun Halliday, and Kerry Cohen, this assortment of authentic, shared experiences from parents at the fringe of the fringes is a partial antidote to the stories that misrepresent, ridicule, and objectify disabled kids and their parents.
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