![]() ![]() ![]() "Rachel Adams' Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery is a must-read, moving, thought-provoking, important. This book should be mandatory reading for all medical students, especially those entering the fields of obstetrics and gynecology.”-Georgina Kleege, author of Sight Unseen and Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller “Adams succeeds in the difficult task of rendering intensely personal material in a way that makes any reader reflect on larger cultural questions. very useful for parents, family members, but also professionals including physicians, nurses, therapists, and genetic counselors.”-Fran Hickey, M.D., Director of the Sie Center for Down Syndrome, Colorado Children’s Hospital ![]() this book is a composite of the challenges and enjoyments of the first few years of a child with special needs and the family. “This is a terrific book-gorgeously written, beautifully realized.”-Michael Bérubé, author of Life as We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child Winner of the 2014 Delta Kappa Gamma Society's Educator's Award Henry isn't an angel, she isn't a saint."- Boston Globe Generous and honest, Adams politely rejects some of the frames others want to put on her family. ![]() "In this quietly moving memoir, Adams writes about coming to terms with her son's diagnosis, education, limitations, and identity. "An important, hopeful book."-Susannah Meadows, New York Times ![]()
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