{"product_id":"a-slant-of-sun-one-childs-courage-paperback","title":"A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Kephart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Beth Kephart's son, the diagnosis was \"pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified\"--a broad spectrum of difficulties, including autistic features. As the author and her husband discover, all that label really means is that their son Jeremy is \"different in a million wonderful ways, and also different in ways that need our help.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In intimate, incandescent prose, Kephart shares the painful and inspiring experience of loving a child whose \"special needs\" bring tremendous frustration and incalculable rewards. \"What, in the end, are you fighting for: Normal?\" Kephart asks. \"Is normal possible? Can it be defined? . . . And is normal superior to what the child inherently is, to what he aspires to, fights to become, every second of his day?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With the help of passionate parental involvement and the kindness of a few open hearts, Jeremy slowly emerges from a world of obsessive play rituals, atypical language constructions, endless pacing, and lonely frustrations. Triumphantly, he begins to engage others, describe his thoughts and passions, build essential friendships. Ultimately this is a story of the shallowness of medical labels compared to a child's courage and a mother's love, of which Kephart writes, \"Nothing erodes it. It is not sand on a beach. It is the nuclear heart of things--hard as the rock of this earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45339771797606,"sku":"9780393340983","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NGJzRmxpVy93Qk1CZG92bWY2azRWdz09.webp?v=1774720225","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-slant-of-sun-one-childs-courage-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}