About the Author

Charlotte Thompson, M.D. is the Director of The Center for Handicapped Children in San Francisco. She is an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego Medical School and the author of Raising a Child with a Neuromuscular Disorder (forthcoming from OUP).

Reviews

Praise for the previous edition:
"A gold mine of information....an excellent resource."--Booklist
"An accessible and sensitively written handbook."--The Boston Herald
"Powerful and significant... a primer for survival... a problem-solving helper."--The Exceptional Parent
Praise for the previous edition:
"A gold mine of information....an excellent resource."--Booklist
"An accessible and sensitively written handbook."--The Boston Herald
"This book should be a great help for parents of a child with any handicap. Dr. Charlotte Thompson has had a wide experience and, more important still, has a deep understanding of the emotional turmoil and of the practical problems that assail the family, from all sides and at various stages of coping. You couldnt help but profit from this book."--Dr. Benjamin Spock
"This powerful and significant book goes well beyond the promise of its subtitle; far more than 'a helpful guide,' it could well serve initially as a primer for survival for parents new to the arena of disabilities or chronic illness, and a problem-solving helper as time goes on."--The Exceptional Parent
"As a mother of a three-year old diagnosed as having Werdnig-Hoffmann, I truly appreciated your book."--Kimberly Cook, in a letter to Dr. Thompson
"Your book has helped me in learning what to look forward to as [my son] grows older....He is a very well-adjusted and loving child and I am grateful that I have your book to keep him that way through his life."--Stacey Frack, mother and R.N., in a letter to Dr. Thompson
"I was deeply touched by [Dr. Thompson's] insights to the feelings of a parent of a special child and easily related them to my own family....Thank you, Dr. Thompson, for addressing this sometimes overlooked aspect of parenting."--Marianne Estournes, mother of two child with Cystic Fibrosis