AFTER YOUR CHILD’S DIAGNOSIS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR FAMILIES RAISING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES;Cathy Lynn Binstock, LMSW-ACP. A mother’s story. E.M Press, Inc., 1997. 158 pp.
A PLACE CALLED ACCEPTANCE: MINISTRY WITH FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES;Kathleen Bolduc, Bridge Resources, 2001. 38 pp.
BECOMING HUMAN;Jean Vanier. Paulist Press, 1998. 163 pp.
BOOKS & ARTICLES FOR FATHERS OF SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILDREN (just type “fathers are crucial” into the Search engine box on the ARMS OPEN WIDE main page to access)
BROKENNESS & BLESSING, Frances Young, Baker Academic, 2007. 144 pp. Dr. Young ”describes how her own mentally and physically handicapped son taught her the sense in which every human being is an alien, a stranger, sometimes to his or her own family!” (Fr. Ted Bobosh)
COMMUNITY AND GROWTH, Jean Vanier, Paulist Press, 1989. 331 pp.
REFLECTIONS FROM A DIFFERENT JOURNEY: WHAT ADULTS WITH DISABILITY WISH ALL PARENTS KNEW; Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D & John D. Kemp, eds. McGraw-Hill, 2004. 205 pp.
7 KINDS OF SMART:IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING YOUR MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: REVISED AND UPDATED WITH INFORMATION ON on 2 NEW KINDS OF SMART; Thomas Armstrong, PH.D. A Plume Book, 1999. 305 pp.
SPECIAL; CHILDREN, CHALLENGED PARENTS: THE STRUGGLES AND REWARDS OF RAISING A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY; by Robert A. Naseef, Ph.D. A psychologist reflects on his life with his son with autism. 2001. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 2001. 291 pp.
TOOLS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS;by Protestant Christian Psychologist James J. Messina, Ph.D. Very thorough. One section addresses “lifelong spiritual needs.” http://www.coping.org/specialneeds/coping.htm
