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Best Children's Lice Health

Parasites: Lice, Ticks & Fleas
Presently, in the United States there is 6 to 12 million reported cases of head lice--its no wonder some of our common language is derived from these long-time parasites such as nit-picking, nitwit, and reviewing something with a fine-tooth comb.
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"i recommend this book to everyone, after reading this book, i know lice are parasitic insects that can be found on people's heads and bodies, including the pubic area."
"after reading this book, i know lice are parasitic insects that can be found on people's heads and bodies, including the pubic area."
"But when you get to read this great book will benifit you to know how to treated it when you have parasities in you body."
"After that, this book also explain the body lice, public lice, bed bugs and fleas."
"This book provides a series of very detail information of Parasites."
"After I have read this book, I learned about what is parasitism and how to treat and get rid of lice. Firstly, remove lice from home."
"It is about what is parasitism and how to treat and get rid of lice."
"There are many types of parasites, lice live in the scalp of a person, children are often found wit lice."
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Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections
An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. "All of us, from the most common to the most mighty, can get a ... thrill from this lovely book with its pleasingly macabre title... David Grove, a world expert in infectious diseases, is our host, and like many such doctors, a surprisingly jocular one. Humans might be the dominant species on the planet, but boy, how they are afflicted by a whole range of organisms from viruses and bacteria to fungi and small parasite animals... Grove documents the stories of many of these agents of disease which have been the curse of mankind for millenia and it makes for unpleasant if fascinating reading. He shows that he can write synthetic history with a fine introductory essay on the development of the germ theory, before turning to the major bacteriological diseases.
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"Very well done book."
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Natalie's Lice Aren't Nice
?There are GOOD things about having lice and there are BAD things about having lice?? Natalie learns that lice can happen to anyone, and shares her real life story about having lice. Natalie loves to read and enjoys going to school.
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"Written for kids in a sweet, informative way."
"Natalie tells her own story with darling illustrations, explaining both the good and bad things about having lice."
"Besides the issue of physically dealing with lice, Natalie shows the emotional side of this experience and concern for what will friends think."
"This is a wonderful books written from a child's perspective."
"This is an excellent book, well written for an author of any age."
"So many of my friend's children have had lice."
"Courageously presented, thoughtfully written, and beautifully illustrated, Natalie's story guides one through the good and tough experiences connected with getting lice."
"We are so thankful the author had the vision to put her experience into words that both children and adults could appreciate."
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Best Children's Asthma Health

Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders
Leading medical innovator Kenneth Bock, M.D., has helped change the lives of more than a thousand children, and in this important book, with a comprehensive program that targets all four of the 4-A disorders, he offers help to children everywhere. The biomedical approach to autism, ADHD, and the other 4-A epidemics, as innovated by Dr. Bock and some of America’s finest integrative physicians, is one of the most promising and exciting medical movements of our time. An expert in the field, I learned a lot by reading this fascinating, extremely useful book.”. –Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Delivered from Distraction. “This remarkable and timely book provides a truly invaluable resource for parents, guiding them toward positive steps they can take to rescue their children. Bock and Stauth have done an outstanding job of removing the barriers to understanding these conditions and getting children started on the path to recovery.”. –Richard Deth, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, Northeastern University.
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"A street if you need information for your child or your work related to any of the above."
"Book was appreciated by a family member."
"Great information."
"Great reading for anyone who has a child suffering from ADHD Autism spectrum disorders or Pans / Pandas."
"Well worth your time I've already suggested it to numerous friends to help their children Can't wait to meet dr bock in person."
"Very helpful in educating concerned parents."
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Best Children's Epilepsy Health

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (FSG Classics)
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest. In Merced, CA, which has a large Hmong community, Lia Lee was born, the 13th child in a family coping with their plunge into a modern and mechanized way of life. The report of the family's attempts to cure Lia through shamanistic intervention and the home sacrifices of pigs and chickens is balanced by the intervention of the medical community that insisted upon the removal of the child from deeply loving parents with disastrous results.
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"I purchased and read this for an Anthropology course and I must say it was truly a fascinating read."
"As a future physician assistant I learned a lot about the emotional struggles that cultural differences and language barriers can cause."
"This was very insightful and helped others to understand different perspectives and approach people of different cultures with compassion instead of judgment."
"I bought this book for a Multi-Cultural Communication class to learn about the struggles of what its like to be. a refugee and immigrant to the United States."
"With pertinent details, the author, assisted by a good translator and an excellent cultural guide, helps the reader understand what changes are necessary on the part of both doctors and nurses as well as immigrant patients and families to avert such tragedy in the future."
"I worked with Cambodian refugees in Philadelphia, so the integration into US of SE Asians was accurate and part of my own past. I presently work with immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Jamaica WI and other places in south and Central America."
"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman follows the experiences of a young Hmong child and her family and their experiences with Western medicine. The Lee family not only had a hard time talking to these people but also had problems reading the directions given to them by the medical staff which led to problems with Lia's treatments."
"The author tries very hard to be fair in her treatment of the cultural issues the characters present."
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Best Children's Allergies Health

The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook: Over 300 Delicious Whole Foods Recipes, Including Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, and Egg-Free Dishes
Food is powerful medicine and whole foods, or foods in their natural unrefined forms, offer us vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that prevent diseases and create a state of balance and health within us. Nutritionist Tom Malterre and Chef Alissa Segersten understand that food can be both healing and delicious and in THE WHOLE LIFE NUTRITION COOKBOOK they provide information on the importance of living a whole foods lifestyle, and how to transition into one. Alissa Segersten is a cooking instructor and author of the food blog,www.nourishingmeals.com, empowering people with cooking skills and knowledge of whole foods so that they may reconnect with pleasure in eating delicious, nourishing food.
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"This book still contains many of our old favorites like Red Lentil Dal, Coconut Vegetable Curry, Wild Salmon with Lemon, Garlic and Thyme, Home-Style Chicken and Vegetable Stew, Raw Energy Balls, and Lemon Blueberry Pudding (I first made this pudding nearly 9 years ago and still remember my first taste, it gave me the satisfaction to continue my first elimination diet!). There are several smoothie and salad recipes that are delicious, and have been a great launching point for a whole foods lifestyle. I have been cooking with the Whole Life Nutrition recipes for years and I am confident that they are as creative and well developed as the previous versions."
"I liked this cookbook enough, that I bought it for my daughters and for a bridal shower gift."
"Quick, easy, wholesome recipes."
"This book is well organized and filled with beautiful photos and great, truly healthy recipes to make."
"I feel like it was written specifically for me, as all the recipes are consistent with what I value nutritionally."
"I have not prepared any recipes from this book yet, but I have found the front of the book very informative."
"There's so much to love about this newest edition of the Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook."
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Best Children's Eating Disorders Health

Biting the Hand that Starves You: Inspiring Resistance to Anorexia/Bulimia (Norton Professional Books)
By having conversations with insiders in which the problem is viewed as an external influence rather than a part of the person, these therapists show how to bring the tactics of a/b into the open, expose its deceptions, break its spell, and encourage defiance of its tyrannical rule. [G]ives psychiatrists and clinicians in every therapeutic setting the theoretical framework and practice options needed to treat anorexia and bulimia. “[O]ffers a promising way of conceptualizing eating disorders that allows therapist, client, and loved ones to maintain positivity and hope during those periods that seem the bleakest.”. - PsycCritiques. “It is organized and written so effectively, with insider narratives and therapy transcripts as driving forces, that the structure is almost invisible, and the reader is pretty much swept along by the content―which is well worth engaging with. “ Biting the Hand That Starves You is an inspiring book suitable for anyone touched by an eating disorder, whether they are professionals, carers or sufferers. As a professional who works with eating disorders, I was left feeling highly motivated to employ techniques outlined in the text and share the ideas with colleagues. “This important work captures the nature of the violent, profoundly personal dialogue between anorexia/bulimia and the men and women who have to contend with it. Biting the Hand that Starves You will be of great interest to both the professional and the layperson, written as it is in a highly intelligent but clear fashion, free of the stylistic murkiness that often clouds important works of research. This book offers not only welcome hope to those frustrated with the current state of ‘eating disorder’ treatment but it also provides a lifeline of language to those who are trapped in the terrible silence of anorexia/bulimia.”. - Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. “ Biting the Hand that Starves You breaks new ground by presenting in their own words, the hard-won knowledge of people who have taken their lives back from anorexia and bulimia. The chapter on how parents can become allies in the fight against anorexia and bulimia is one that I intend to rely on in my work―not only to instill hope, but to offer pragmatic, effective possibilities.
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"This is a brilliantly written book that incorporates a postmodern perspective with sound psychological practice to deal with a very difficult problem."
"This book was recommended to me by my therapist."
"The therapy transcripts are definitely inspiring and compelling, and provide hope that this illness can/will be defeated."
"only now, after 10 years , I understand what's my daughter is trying to fight."
"Throughout my recovery, psychotherapist and author Thom Rutledge encouraged me to practice this very dialogue between my true self (Jenni) and my eating disorder (`Ed') over and over again, which was crucial to my finding the amazing freedom I experience today. It also talks about moving on and reclaiming your life --- providing great insight on overcoming perfectionism, taking risks, and even pursuing dreams and passions."
"As someone who has struggled with anorexia for over half my life, I have often found myself reading anything on anorexia I could lay my hands on; desperately searching for the reassurance that comes from knowing one is not alone in one's experiences, as well as for some elusive insight that might assist me in resisting anorexia's stranglehold over my life."
"Instead of talking about afflicted people as "sick," it refers to "insiders" and discusses a way of thinking where one views their disorder as separate from themself, rather than who they are."
"It contains many first hand accounts of women's struggles to free themselves from the ways bulimia and anorexia control their lives."
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Best Special Needs Children's Health

The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family
Build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child Effectively deal with any learning or behavioral disorders Discipline your child with love without making him or her feel threatened. --Carol S. Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child. " The Connected Child is the literary equivalent of an airline oxygen mask and instructions: place the mask over your own face first, then over the nose of your child. This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect, 'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.'. The sense of not facing these issues alone--the relief that your child's behavior is not off the charts--is hugely comforting. This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect, 'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.'. Other children have behaved this way; other parents have responded thusly; welcome to the community of therapeutic and joyful adoptive families."
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"The go-to book for practical information about parenting a traumatized child, whether a biological, foster, or adoptive son or daughter."
"Informative and helpful in our struggle finding normalicy with the adopted children, Karen Purvis's book is our go to source for concrete ideas to help balance our family life."
"I discovered, this book applies not only for traumatized children, but works wonders for any "strong willed child"."
"This is a must read book for any parent who is adopting or is having trouble bonding with their child."
"This is a great book for a foster or adoptive parent to have to understand how to parent children with traumatic backgrounds."
"Very Informative!"
"It's a must read for every foster and adoptive parent!"
"Every parent of adopted kids needs to read this book!"
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Best Children's Learning Disorders

Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
The latest research in child development shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial “executive skills”--the fundamental habits of mind required for getting organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. As a parent of three children, one of whom has learning disabilities, and as a special education associate who works in the classroom, I highly recommend this book. "Filled with real-world examples and solutions, this easy-to-read book is the first comprehensive guide to the management of children's executive skills. Dawson and Guare explain the importance of executive skills and provide science-based strategies that empower you to start helping your child today." Dawson and Guare translate cutting-edge research into meaningful, practical, well-organized, and easy-to-implement strategies that parents can use to enhance a child's natural executive abilities. ( Library Journal 2009-01-04). "Fun to read....This book is quite interactive....Questionnaires are provided both for children (of various ages) as well as parents, so that they can both see their strengths and weaknesses....Techniques to teach executive skills are shown in a step-wise manner, and planning sheets are available throughout the text....Another strength of this book is its focus on the emotional aspect of executive functioning, and providing strategies to bolster the emotional skill set of children....Strongly recommended for any parent who wishes to help their children maximize their potential, even if they do not have identified academic or behavioral struggles."
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"This book is actually really helpful as long as you buy the book and not the kindle edition."
"But until I took the inventory for parents in this book, I didn't realize how truly weak my own executive skills are all around (unless I'm inspired, and then I'm a machine! If your children are also very smart, I also *highly* recommend reading this book together with:Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults When you understand low and evolving EF skills in combination with overexcitabilities/intensities, you can finally stop asking, "What have I done wrong? And the _Smart but Scattered_ book will help them manage those overexcitabilities through developing better executive skills."
"This is EVERYTHING we experience on a daily basis in the ADHD department and has really helped us to better understand our son and how to best support him!"
"i like the way the book is set up."
"I learned a lot about my son and about myself by reading this book."
"I have been able to use it and its ideas to better support my smart, but scattered son."
"Well organized and practical advice for helping your children if you are a parent (or your students if you are a teacher) to develop the organizational strategies and study skills that will serve them well in life but are not often taught directly."
"Ideal for add, ADHD or TBI injuries and child development for non diagnosed kids as well."
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Best Cystic Fibrosis

Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet: The Grain-Free, Lactose-Free, Sugar-Free Solution to IBD, Celiac Disease, Autism, Cystic Fibrosis, and Other Health Conditions (Healthy Living Cookbooks)
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) is a strict grain-free, lactose-free, and sucrose-free dietary regimen intended for those suffering from Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (both forms of IBD), celiac disease, IBS, cystic fibrosis, and autism. Raman Prasad's subtle modifications of delicious recipes from around the globe bring international flavor and zest to your home's SCD kitchen. "This clever book is not just a great supplement to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, making dieting into a pleasure, but will also ensure the whole family enjoys a healthy, varied, and yummy diet.
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"This book however is chock full of information regarding the basics of the SCD and shows you how to make things such as SCD compliant Balsamic Vinegrette, Fish Sauce and spice mixes."
"New favorite for my kitchen."
"This is so helpful to all of us with GI issues."
"Great introduction which explains how IBS is created due to poor nutriton."
"This diet is not as easy as I would have thought."
"I would just steam vegetables all the time, however this book allowed me to enjoy me meals again."
"There are nice photgraphs of several of the recipes, a recipe-per-page format, a variety of fare--mild to exotic."
"When you're selling a book titled "Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet" a buyer would reasonably assume that these recipes use only ingredients allowed on the SCD."
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Best Autism & Asperger's Syndrome

Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia
As a parent of a child diagnosed with learning disabilities, she is acutely aware of the difficulties facing other parents like her, and she has devoted much of her time to helping these families. She specializes in nutritional treatments, and has become recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in treating children and adults with learning disabilities and other mental disorders, as well as children and adults with digestive and immune disorders.
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"So I quit my job and school and took time off, expecting to recuperate within a few months. I suffered severe chemical and mold sensitivities and began to develop hives. I'm not a dramatic person by nature, but I assure you, some days I wasn't sure how much sicker one could get before the body just gave up altogether. Finally, a few months ago I happened upon some website extolling the GAPS diet. I looked into it but figured I was already eating a clean (mostly) paleo diet, so I didn't need to buy this book. When I had to stay home on Christmas day because I felt so toxic and crummy, I decided to purchase the book. I had been toxic for so long that I was used to feeling lousy, but the die-off this diet produced was intense. The diet alone, even without the introduction of probiotics, sauerkraut, and kefir was enough to produce rapid die-off. However, since starting GAPS I have stopped taking the majority of my supplements, simply because I no longer need them. At long last, my diet is providing the nutrients my body has been needing all along for repair (particularly cholesterol and saturated fats, which are sadly demonized in our culture). I probably sound like a crazy person because I'm so, so excited about this book and this diet; but if you're sick like I was, you know all too well what it's like to live in a chronically ill body. Because I'm having such rapid success on the intro phase, I intend to stick with it for a few months. That's the nice thing about this diet; you move at your own pace and let your body be the guide. I'm also curious to see how this diet helps me with the mental health issues I've contended with since childhood (namely fits of debilitating anxiety, ocd, and depression that have become increasingly severe in the last few years). I had tried several SSRI's over the last ten years until a new doctor put me on Adderall (which is nothing more than a mixture of amphetamine salts and is very, very hard on the adrenals) after diagnosing me with ADHD. Reading success stories of people recovering from CFS is what got me through the worst moments. I hope my story does the same, and I will update again in a few months as I progress along my GAPS journey. I no longer seem to be affected by pollen, which in previous years gave me terrible allergies and sinus infections. I've lost 15 pounds and walk an hour or more just about daily in addition to my chores around the house. There has been no improvement on the mental stuff yet; in fact, the die-off seems to be temporarily making it much worse. I'm experiencing new die-off symptoms (caused by breaking up biofilm in my gut with probiotics and systemic enzymes, I believe) like visual disturbances, rosacea and other rashes, adrenaline rushes, numbness/tingling/burning in my extremities. I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to have some relief from this torment for the first time in over ten years (most of my adult life). It takes a long time to undo decades' worth of damage. In my case, after the infection is gone, I will still need to detox, fix my adrenals completely, get my metabolic hormones back in order, and perhaps chelate. Thanks to all of you who have commented or contacted me over the past year; it's been wonderful swapping stories and information. I am still quite toxic but can now tolerate an infrared sauna, which is great for detox, every other day. The little things that used to require so much effort are back to being a routine part of my life, i.e. doing my hair, wearing make-up, etc. There are still periods every few weeks of fatigue and die-off, where my IBS symptoms act up, anxiety and brain fog skyrocket, and I feel rough. I have read most of the other reviews here, and I am so happy about and moved by how much this diet is helping people with chronic, so-called "untreatable" conditions."
"I initially picked up this book because it had been getting discussion on an autism parenting group that I belong to. I started to learn about the diet by reading information online, then decided it was potentially worth pursuing further and purchased the book. However, as I read the book, I realized that I needed to try this diet for my own issues as well, extreme PMS and major digestive issues (which turned out to be ulcerative colitis, as diagnosed via colonoscopy 3 months after I had started the diet). There are a few other foods we typically don't eat much of either, based on working with a Nurse Practitioner who is also GAPS Certified. My daughter was sick with strep throat multiple times a year as well as extreme sinus issues. The doctors were urging us to have her tonsils and adenoids removed, yet could not guarantee that would solve the issue. After I got my colitis diagnosis, I held off taking the medication for 4.5 months, thinking that the diet would "cure" me. And then I recently started a high dose of prescription probiotics, which has helped even more. Just for my daughter and me, I typically have 3 loads of dishes in the dishwasher throughout the day, plus all the things that need to be hand washed. When we were on Intro Diet, I would have between 3 and 5 loads of dishwasher dishes going plus all the things that had to be hand washed. However, I know a few adults that are on this diet without the considerations of a child, and they also complain about the work it takes, and the several loads of dishes to clean each day. I wish that Dr. Natasha (author of GAPS Diet), would stress that it can be beneficial to seek out additional, more personalized medical advice. There is an additional website with more up to date information that needs to be checked fairly often for updates. How in the world do you explain to an 8 year old child who has been slowly going through Intro Diet and has been doing this for a year that you are going to have to backtrack and spend 6+ months only eating broth, boiled meats and boiled vegetables, and raw egg yolks. This diet is very emotional and I find that even being farther along on it that I tend to have low morale with all the work and being exhausted with it. When we initially started this diet, the information was to move through the stages once you no longer see "reactions" or symptoms improve. And now all of the sudden the information is that if certain things have not improved, go back and stay in Stage 2 for 6+ months. And, it is important to know that the diet also draws heavily from Traditional Dietary guidelines as put forth by the Weston A. Price Foundation (google that), along with the cookbook Nourishing Traditions (can be found on amazon). Although not specifically addressing the same issues, there are many more Paleo blogs with recipes online than GAPS. Paleo recipes sometimes require some easy modification of either leaving out an ingredient or two or substituting."
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Best Down Syndrome

Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity (Studies In Religion, Theology, and Disability)
Amos Yong crafts both a theology of disability and a theology informed by disability. Along with the work advanced in the Disabilities Studies movements, Yong provides a sustained discussion of theological perspectives on disability to keep pace. His careful and systematic theological analysis of disability offers insights and perspectives that allow his readers to grasp the meaning of disability and humanness in ways that are fresh, sometimes startling and disturbing, but always poignant and transformative. Yong's work is a significant contribution to disability theology and deserves to be taken seriously. "With a sharp eye on church history, compassionate heart that sees the world from the perspective of a scholar who is also a sibling of a man with Down Syndrome, an impressive analytical vision of modern disability perspectives, and the fresh insights of a voice from Pentecostal theology, Amos Yong is doing just what his title says, 'Reimagining disability.'. The book is a new, important, and wonderful contribution to the growing exploration of theology from the perspective of disability and of disability from the perspective of theology.
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"Excelent, Interesting and new point of view, it's a serius and profunding study about discapacity and faith."
"My son used this book for a lot of source material on a paper."
"I have to admit I didn't always necessarily understand everything being said as the language is much more geared toward theologians, but certainly the gist of the book was clear and I constantly found myself inspired to think of certain aspects of Christianity as it relates to those with disabilities in a different way."
"i am filled with gratitude nearly each time i read another section of this book."
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