The elephant in the playroom : ordinary parents write intimately and honestly about raising kids with special needs / Denise Brodey.

New York : Plume, 2008.

xvii, 235 pages ; 21 cm

What's not for lunch / Nadine -- You can't rush a good thing / Lorie Bricker -- Musical beds / Nicole Lynch -- Impacting the bottom line / RW -- My other half / Lisa Carver -- Hysterical blindness / Ellen Glaser -- Mother's helpers / Dawn -- Private session in progress / Richard Ellenson -- Only human / Marla Davishoff -- Crash landings / Laura Cichoracki -- Danger : do not compare child to others / Anonymous -- It is okay to be angry / Susan Marrash-Minnerly -- I broke all the rules today / Lorena Smith -- Anticipating difference / David McDonough -- Dark times can be followed by deep joy / Maryrose Sylvester -- The meaning of family / Barbara Nelson -- Good grief / Felice McCreary -- A truly unique ride / Lisa Lori -- -- I got that autistic kid / Patti Gaultney -- Expect the best-it just might happen to you / Drusilla Belman -- My friends are waiting for me / Rebecca Stern -- The team approach / Dawn Mazzeo -- Trust your instincts / Stephanie Ruby -- Why we chose meds / Leigh Anne Wilson -- What worked for us / Harriet Brown -- My son is still alive / Kimberly -- Keep this in mind / Rick Porter -- A different boy / Veronica -- You do exist / Stephanie Dolgoff -- Dream house / Scott Newport -- You just don't understand / Rachel -- Out there on her own / Dan -- Friends forever? / Ann Colin -- -- Dutch boy / Anna Perera -- Coming out of the dark / Celeste Soules -- The big moment / Derrik Eichelberger -- Dwell in possibility / Katy Parrish -- Memo from the deptartment of hindsight / Teresa S. -- Great moments / Marie A. Sherrett -- The real versus the ideal / Todd Whelan -- Y.E.S. / Brenda Fletcher.