Parenting an adult with disabilities or special needs : everything you need to know to plan for and protect your child's future / Peggy Lou Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Peggy Lou, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parent and adult child.

Parenting.

Parents of children with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Services for.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every parent of a child with disabilities knows just how overwhelming and frustrating it can be. When these children enter adulthood, the difficulties can become even greater. Many parents are tempted to keep their children at home, believing that they will be safer and happier under their care. But adults with special needs deserve the same chance at a happy life as everyone else. As the mother of an adult child with disabilities, Peggy Lou Morgan has years of experience dealing with the challe

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 THE NEST IS NEVER EMPTY; CHAPTER 2 THAT NAGGING QUESTION; CHAPTER 3 LONELINESS IS THE ONLY REAL DISABILITY; CHAPTER 4 YOUR CHILD'S PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS; CHAPTER 5 DISCOVERING YOUR CHILD'S DREAM; CHAPTER 6 RESEARCHING THE OPTIONS; CHAPTER 7 DRAFTING A TRANSITIONAL PLAN; CHAPTER 8 SETTING GOALS TO ACCOMPLISH THE TRANSITIONAL PLAN; CHAPTER 9 ESTATE PLANNING; CHAPTER 10 WORKING WITH YOUR ATTORNEY; CHAPTER 11 IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN A STEP AT A TIME; CHAPTER 12 THE NEST MAY SEEM EMPTY, BUT YOU AREN'T DONE YET

CHAPTER 13 CONTINUING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR DISABILITY RIGHTSAPPENDIXES; NOTES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-03262-3

9786612032622

0-8144-1029-4

OCLC:

437107029