My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly

The stories in this collection provide parents of special needs kids with a dose of both laughter and reality. Featuring works by so-called alternative parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream thought, this anthology carefully considers the implications of raising children with disabilities. From professional writers to novice storytellers, including original essays by Robert Rummel-Hudson, Ayun Halliday, and Kerry Cohen, this assortment of authentic, shared experiences from parents in the know is a partial antidote to the stories that misrepresent, ridicule, and objectify disabled children and their parents.

Yantra Bertelli was one of the founding publishers of RAG Magazine, a moderator for Hipmama.com, and has essays published in Breeder and Essential Hipmama. She lives in Seattle. Jennifer Silverman was an activist with m*a*m*a, a collective of radical mothers, has been published in Hip Mama and Off Our Backs, and has written for a variety of parenting publications. She lives in New York City. Sarah Talbot is an assistant principal at a comprehensive high school in Washington. Her writing has appeared in Best Books for High School Students and Breeder: Stories for the New Generation of Mothers. She lives in Seattle.

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. ix
The Other Combat Boot Drops	p. 1
Rebirth	p. 3
A Bus(wo)man's Holiday	p. 7
The Story So Far	p. 20
Paging Dr. House	p. 28
Evaluating Ezra	p. 32
The Head Game (diagnosis)	p. 41
Popeye	p. 42
The Letter for Services	p. 53
Enough Acronyms To Make Your Head Spin: Navigating the System & Advocating For Our Kids	p. 57
Exile To Bridlemile or Where the @#$%&! is My Village?!	p. 59
After the IEP	p. 72
Play Therapy	p. 73
Accidental Unschoolers	p. 79
An Inadvertently Compelling Argument for National Health Care in Five Mutually Incriminating Scenes	p. 86
Watching My Son Grow: An Illustrated Timeline from Birth to 'Three Years Old	p. 101
Authentic Activism	p. 117
Interpreting the Signs	p. 129
Seen, Heard, Respected, and Believed	p. 135
What I Said, and What I Didn't Say	p. 137
Jackpot!	p. 144
What Should Have Been…	p. 152
Building Bridges into Ordinariness	p. 159
Diagnosis Invisible	p. 167
A View through the Woods	p. 176
My Friend Christine	p. 186
Scout	p. 192
How Do We Do It? Respite, Community Support, and Transitions	p. 199
My Mama Drove the Short Bus	p. 201
How I Met Jennyalice	p. 212
No Use in Crying	p. 219
Life Among the Doozies	p. 227
Glass Houses	p. 234
Small Victories	p. 240
Dragonflies and Inky Blackness: Raising a Child with Asperger's Syndrome	p. 242
Families: When the Balancing Act Induces Vertigo	p. 253
Our Closet	p. 255
"Because He's Retarded, Ass!"	p. 260
And We Survive	p. 267
Thanksgiving	p. 276
Dual Parentship Status	p. 277
Taking the First Step	p. 285
This is What Love Looks Like	p. 293
Righteous Resources What Do You Know: A Little Practical Advice After All	p. 299
A User's Guide to Self-Help Literature (Or, Who's the Real Expert Here, Anyway?)	p. 301
Special Needs Trusts: The Lowdown	p. 307
Glossary of Terms	p. 312
Resources	p. 317
Contributors'Biographies	p. 325
Acknowledgments	p. 333
Index	p. 335
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My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities

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