Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom! Revised Edition

Sandra Kaufman, Robert Edgerton

Early Childhood, K-12
This Brookes classic presents a mother's story of raising a daughter with mental retardation, addressing the feelings of denial, guilt, frustration, and eventual acceptance that resulted in a determination to help her child live an independent life.

| STOCK NUMBER | ISBN | | 63788 | 978-1-55766-378-8 | | COPYRIGHT | PAGES | | 1999 | 272 | | AVAILABILITY | | | Print-on-Demand Only | |

Nicole is 2 years old, and her family, after months of worrying, has just learned she has mental retardation. In a fast-paced, engaging story, mother Sandra Kaufman frankly reveals the feelings of denial, guilt, frustration, and eventual acceptance that result in a determination to help her child live an independent life.

This edition, revised on the 10th anniversary of the book's original publication, adds a "progress report" that updates readers on Nicole's adult years and reflects on the revolutionary changes in society's attitudes toward people with disabilities since Nicole's birth.

Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom! remains a celebration of all that a child can grow to be.

Reviews

Josh Greenfeld, author of A Child Called Noah

What a wonderfully honest and moving book. . . . I recommend this book not only to any mother or father of a retarded or disabled individual, but to anyone caught up in the never-ending tugs and demands of parenthood.

Marty Krauss

This is a moving, direct account of a mother's and daughter's struggle for mutual independence. Nicole's retardation is obviously a center issue, but the trials of growing up, making mistakes, learning how to function in a complex world, and forging an identity independent of one's family are processes every adolescent faces.

Author: Sandra Z. Kaufman
Afterword Author: Robert B. Edgerton

"What a wonderfully honest and moving book. . . . I recommend this book not only to any mother or father of a retarded or disabled individual, but to anyone caught up in the never-ending tugs and demands of parenthood." —Josh Greenfeld, author, A Child Called Noah

"This is a moving, direct account of a mother's and daughter's struggle for mutual independence. Nicole's retardation is obviously a center issue, but the trials of growing up, making mistakes, learning how to function in a complex world, and forging an identity independent of one's family are processes every adolescent faces." —Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, Ph.D.