The Silent Son. Ken Atkins
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Название: The Silent Son
Автор: Ken Atkins
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Религия: прочее
isbn: 9781631950650
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THE
Silent
SON
What a Mentally Handicapped Child
Taught His Struggling Father About
LIFE, LOVE AND GOD
KEN ATKINS
NASHVILLE
NEW YORK • LONDON • MELBOURNE • VANCOUVER
THE Silent SON
What a Mentally Handicapped Child Taught His Struggling Father About LIFE, LOVE AND GOD
© 2021 KEN ATKINS
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Published in New York, New York, by Morgan James Publishing. Morgan James is a trademark of Morgan James, LLC. www.MorganJamesPublishing.com
All Biblical quotations from The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan
ISBN 978-1-63195-064-3 paperback
ISBN 978-1-63195-065-0 eBook
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020903292
Cover Photo by:
Jacob Fryer
Cover Design by:
Rachel Lopez
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Reluctant Parent
Chapter 4 Riding the Crisis Coaster
Chapter 6 A Brush with Death
Chapter 7 A Different Path to Health
Chapter 8 The Ketogenic Diet
Chapter 9 School
Chapter 10 Return to “Normal” Life
Chapter 11 The End of the Ride
Chapter 12 A New Crisis and a New Reality
Chapter 13 Hard Choices
Chapter 14 Loneliness and Bad Choices
Chapter 15 What “Normal” Looks Like
Chapter 16 Finding Balance in an Off-Center World
Chapter 17 Play Ball—And Dance—And Blow Bubbles
Chapter 18 Doctors and Hospitals
Chapter 19 The Road Finally Taken
Chapter 20 Government Programs and Other Madness
Chapter 21 Navigating Retirement Benefits
Chapter 22 Looking Back; Looking Forward
FOREWORD
The lives of our precious children are under siege. Statistics may vary slightly, depending on the source, but the message is the same: the incidence of childhood disability is drastically on the rise. If your life hasn’t been impacted by this sad trend, it most likely will be at some point.
How do you cope, find encouragement and persevere under the greatest of challenges?
Being a pediatric physical therapist for 38 years, having a son born with an amputation of his left hand, and a great nephew who is in a wheelchair following a severe brain injury, I have experienced this world up close and personal. I have seen firsthand the struggles and the blessings of raising a child with special needs. I have witnessed my own son become a concert pianist with only one hand. I have seen a child whose parents were told he would never walk, take his first steps at the age of 7, to a room full of joyful tears. I have seen babies born with no connection between the hemispheres of the brain develop completely normally and live full, college bound lives. However, I have also cried with families grieving the loss of their child or mourning the loss of what could have and should have been.
Is this road easy? No. Is it rewarding? My experience says resoundingly, YES!
When Ken asked me to read an account of his journey, I was honored. Little did I realize how deeply it would impact me. Ken so masterfully takes us through the patchwork of heartaches and weaves a tapestry of triumph. It is a testimony to the indomitable spirit that lies within us all. No matter our struggle or our circumstances, always remember … But God!
The Silent Son is an amazingly honest window into the “beautifully messy” world of parenting a child with special needs. Ken’s experiences, СКАЧАТЬ