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The Boy in the Moon - A Father's Search for his Disabled Son Item exists in mail order basket Item exists in Saved list

author: Brown, Ian

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Language: English
Genre: Biography,Health care and Medicine
Publisher: Random House
Publishing year: 2009
Length: 10:16 Hours

Book summary:

an Brown’s son Walker is one of only about 300 people worldwide diagnosed with cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome—an extremely rare genetic mutation that results in unusual facial appearance, the inability to speak, and a compulsion to hit himself constantly. At age thirteen, he is mentally and developmentally between one and three years old and will need constant care for the rest of his life. Brown travels the globe, meeting with genetic scientists and neurologists as well as parents, to solve the questions Walker’s doctors can’t answer. In his journey, he offers an insightful critique of society’s assumptions about the disabled, and he discovers a connected community of families living with this illness. As Brown gradually lets go of his self-blame and hope for a cure, he learns to accept the Walker he loves, just as he is.


 
 
 
 
 

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