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New Children's Book Teaches Acceptance of CP

Children with physical limitations such as cerebral palsy face unique challenges once they reach school age. Perhaps the greatest of the challenges is overcoming difference to gain the acceptance of their peers. This is the challenge 8-year-old Zack faces as he embarks on a new year of school.

In her debut book, Do You Know How I Feel?, Zofia Kaczmarek tells the story of a young boy with cerebral palsy whose excitement over the first day of school is quickly replaced by disappointment. The story explores the social challenges of living with disability and issues of difference and acceptance.

Kaczmarek was inspired to write the book after working on a practicum as a special education assistant. She, too, lives with permanent disability as a result of a car accident in 2005.


 

Full post as published by Cerebral Palsy Law Blog on December 07, 2008 (boomark / email).