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Author:

Schilling, Shonda.

Title:

The best kind of different : our family's journey with Asperger's Syndrome / Shonda Schilling ; with an introduction by Curt Schilling and a foreword by Peter B. Rosenberger.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 224 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Schilling, Shonda--Family.
Schilling, Curt--Family.
Asperger's syndrome--Patients--United States--Biography.
Asperger's syndrome in children--United States.

Other Authors:

Schilling, Curt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Our less-than-perfect family moment -- Motherhood on baseball time -- The longest car ride begins -- A control problem comes to Boston -- The trouble with "circle time" -- The boy who cried lice -- The missing piece -- Opening up -- One happy camper -- Making a (flexible) plan -- Confessions of an overloaded mom -- One era ends, another begins -- Like father, like son -- Good-bye to all that -- Lessons for a mother from a son.

Summary:

In "The Best Kind of Different", Shonda details every step in her family's journey through Asperger's, offering an intimate and candid portrait of this condition from a parent's point of view and offering insight and helpful advice for parents.

ISBN:

0061986836 (hbk.)
9780061986833 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)499068176

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