All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism

All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism

All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism

All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism

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Overview

Dr. Spock? Check. Penelope Ann Leach (Remember her?) Check. What to Expect When You’re Expecting? Check. I had a seven hundred dollar Bellini crib for God’s sake!

Everything was perfect…”

...and so begins Kim Stagliano’s electrifying and hilarious memoir of her family’s journey raising three daughters with autism. Always outspoken, often touching, and sometimes heartbreaking, Kim Stagliano is a powerful new voice in comedic writing—her “Kimoir” (as she calls it) is the next must-read within the autism community and the literary world at large.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781628733310
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 11/01/2010
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 926,268
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Kim Stagliano is a nationally recognized autism advocate and speaker. Although autism typically affects boys, Stagliano is in the unique position of having three daughters with full-blown autism, which has made her and her family the focus of national media attention. She is managing editor of ageofautism.com, the nation’s first daily web newspaper about the autism epidemic. She writes for The Huffington Post, is on the editorial staff of The Autism File magazine, and is a feature writer for Spectrum Magazine. She speaks at national autism conferences and has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, Fox News, and blogs around the world, as well as in The Chicago Tribune and The National Catholic Register. A former sales and marketing executive, Stagliano lives in Connecticut with her family. Her website is kimstagliano.blogspot.com.Jenny McCarthy is a world-renowned autism activist, mother, and bestselling author. She splits her time between Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, and California. Her books include Belly Laughs, Baby Laughs, Life Laughs, Mother Warriors, Healing and Preventing Autism, and Louder Than Words.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Foreword vii

Introduction 1

Well, How Did I Get Here? 12

Chinese Food Always Leaves Me Hungry 22

When Did You First Know? 27

Sex Time! 40

Howard Stem Every Day 42

Always on Our Toes 48

Bella's Birthday Blues 51

What Does Autism Look Like? 56

A Career Takes Root 66

It's a Small World. But a Big Hotel 71

Now Entering the Age of Autism 80

The Autism Marriage: Soul Mates or Cell Mates? 90

A Paper Mitten on the Giving Tree 96

New Word; The Stagtastrophe 100

The Things We Do for Love 107

The Little Green House 115

The Middle Child 125

Up, Up, and Away 133

Don't Ask. Don't Tell 139

Another Night in the Holiday Inn Express 147

Does Heroin Feel This Good? 154

Dr. Wakefield and the Anti-Vaxxers 159

Mother Superior 114

Beef: It's What's for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 181

You've Got to Fertilize the Roses 186

My Turn 191

Author's Note 203

Encore 206

Kim's Gluten-Free Family Recipes 211

References 211

Glossary of Terms 218

Book Club or Classroom Questions 220

What People are Saying About This

Carolyn Smagalski

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