Born in Albany, New York, Charles R. Callanan has worked as manager of a symphony orchestra, vice-president of a heavy construction firm, teacher as an inner-city high school, and headmaster of a private school near Baltimore. Married for thirty-seven years, he is the father of six children, one of whom, Owen, is the hero of this book.

• Note to the ReaderAckowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Before: From Family planning to BirthPrologueChapter 1. What Cuases Birth Defects?Chapter 2. Genetic CounselingChapter 3. Testing before BirthPart II. The Hospital: Sometimes It's the Best Place to BePrologueChapter 4. The HospitalChapter 5. Preparing for AdmissionChapter 6. The Hospital StayChapter 7. Hospital Discharge and Some Further Questions to Think AboutPart III. It's a New World: Coping with the First Few Years at Home PrologueChapter 8. The Transition from Hospital to HomeChapter 9. The Diagnostic Cycle and the Person Who Helps You: The Care ProviderChapter 10. After the DiagnosisChapter 11. Emotions and StressChapter 12. Support ResourcesChapter 13. Nutrition and Dental HealthChapter 14. Safety in the HomeChapter 15. Financial ResourcesPart IV. The Promise of Education for All Handicapped ChildrenPrologueChapter 16. Your Child's Right to an Appropriate EducationChapter 17. The Law in OperationChapter 18. The Individualized Education ProgramChapter 19. The Special Education SystemChapter 20. Postsecondary Education for Handicapped StudentsPart V. Life in the Adult WorldPrologueChapter 21. The Transition from School to the Adult WorldChapter 22. Living Arrangements: Independent and Not So IndependentChapter 23. The InstitutionChapter 24. The AdvocateChapter 25. Sexuality and Sex EducationChapter 26. Recreation, Leisure Time, and TransportationChapter 27. Planning for the FutureEpilogueAppendix A. The NotebookAppendix B. Aids to Basic CompetencyResourcesIndex

Born in Albany, New York, Charles R. Callanan has worked as manager of a symphony orchestra, vice-president of a heavy construction firm, teacher as an inner-city high school, and headmaster of a private school near Baltimore. Married for thirty-seven years, he is the father of six children, one of whom, Owen, is the hero of this book.

• Note to the ReaderAckowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Before: From Family planning to BirthPrologueChapter 1. What Cuases Birth Defects?Chapter 2. Genetic CounselingChapter 3. Testing before BirthPart II. The Hospital: Sometimes It's the Best Place to BePrologueChapter 4. The HospitalChapter 5. Preparing for AdmissionChapter 6. The Hospital StayChapter 7. Hospital Discharge and Some Further Questions to Think AboutPart III. It's a New World: Coping with the First Few Years at Home PrologueChapter 8. The Transition from Hospital to HomeChapter 9. The Diagnostic Cycle and the Person Who Helps You: The Care ProviderChapter 10. After the DiagnosisChapter 11. Emotions and StressChapter 12. Support ResourcesChapter 13. Nutrition and Dental HealthChapter 14. Safety in the HomeChapter 15. Financial ResourcesPart IV. The Promise of Education for All Handicapped ChildrenPrologueChapter 16. Your Child's Right to an Appropriate EducationChapter 17. The Law in OperationChapter 18. The Individualized Education ProgramChapter 19. The Special Education SystemChapter 20. Postsecondary Education for Handicapped StudentsPart V. Life in the Adult WorldPrologueChapter 21. The Transition from School to the Adult WorldChapter 22. Living Arrangements: Independent and Not So IndependentChapter 23. The InstitutionChapter 24. The AdvocateChapter 25. Sexuality and Sex EducationChapter 26. Recreation, Leisure Time, and TransportationChapter 27. Planning for the FutureEpilogueAppendix A. The NotebookAppendix B. Aids to Basic CompetencyResourcesIndex

Born in Albany, New York, Charles R. Callanan has worked as manager of a symphony orchestra, vice-president of a heavy construction firm, teacher as an inner-city high school, and headmaster of a private school near Baltimore. Married for thirty-seven years, he is the father of six children, one of whom, Owen, is the hero of this book.

• Note to the ReaderAckowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Before: From Family planning to BirthPrologueChapter 1. What Cuases Birth Defects?Chapter 2. Genetic CounselingChapter 3. Testing before BirthPart II. The Hospital: Sometimes It's the Best Place to BePrologueChapter 4. The HospitalChapter 5. Preparing for AdmissionChapter 6. The Hospital StayChapter 7. Hospital Discharge and Some Further Questions to Think AboutPart III. It's a New World: Coping with the First Few Years at Home PrologueChapter 8. The Transition from Hospital to HomeChapter 9. The Diagnostic Cycle and the Person Who Helps You: The Care ProviderChapter 10. After the DiagnosisChapter 11. Emotions and StressChapter 12. Support ResourcesChapter 13. Nutrition and Dental HealthChapter 14. Safety in the HomeChapter 15. Financial ResourcesPart IV. The Promise of Education for All Handicapped ChildrenPrologueChapter 16. Your Child's Right to an Appropriate EducationChapter 17. The Law in OperationChapter 18. The Individualized Education ProgramChapter 19. The Special Education SystemChapter 20. Postsecondary Education for Handicapped StudentsPart V. Life in the Adult WorldPrologueChapter 21. The Transition from School to the Adult WorldChapter 22. Living Arrangements: Independent and Not So IndependentChapter 23. The InstitutionChapter 24. The AdvocateChapter 25. Sexuality and Sex EducationChapter 26. Recreation, Leisure Time, and TransportationChapter 27. Planning for the FutureEpilogueAppendix A. The NotebookAppendix B. Aids to Basic CompetencyResourcesIndex