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    It Starts At Home: A Guide For Parents Of Children With Disabilities
    It Starts At Home: A Guide For Parents Of Children With Disabilities
    It Starts At Home: A Guide For Parents Of Children With Disabilities
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    It Starts At Home: A Guide For Parents Of Children With Disabilities

    By Mirella L. Sacco

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    My intention in writing It Starts at Home is to bring you as a parent of a disabled child to a better understanding from the perspective of an adult with a disability. I want you to know that having a child with a disability is not the end of the world, although you may feel that way sometimes. Although I have Spina Bifida this book can apply to children who have a wide range of disabilities. At times it may seem I am referring to one specific parent however that is not my intention as both parents should be involved in the raising of their children.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMirella L. Sacco
    Release dateAug 19, 2018
    ISBN9780993947315
    It Starts At Home: A Guide For Parents Of Children With Disabilities
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    Mirella L. Sacco

    Mirella Lucia Sacco was born and resides in Edmonton Alberta Canada in 1966. She was born with Spina Bifida. Mirella is a first generation Canadian; her parents Fortunato and Domenica Sacco were from the Italian Region of Calabria. Throughout her career she has held various positions that include the transportation industry, Government positions working with politicians to starting and running a non-profit agency to support individuals with disabilities. It has been Mirella’s dream, calling and she feels her obligation to share information and teach others.

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      It Starts At Home - Mirella L. Sacco

      IT STARTS AT HOME

      A GUIDE FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

      Mirella L. Sacco

      Copyright © 2017 by Mirella L. Sacco

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner other than for the purpose of brief quotations in a book review.

      To request permission or submit corrections please email mlsacco@shaw.ca Published in Canada

      Neither the author, the publisher nor their agents are responsible for any injury resulting from the use of this book or its contents.

      ISBN: 978-0-9939473-1-5

      To those who have helped in the development of this book, thank you.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      TAKING YOUR BUNDLE OF JOY HOME

      CHOOSING CHILDCARE

      GIVE YOUR CHILD THE GIFT OF SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE

      PRESCHOOL

      PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN FROM ONLINE PREDATORS

      TIME FOR SCHOOL

      SIBLINGS

      RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

      TEENS

      TRANSITIONING INTO ADULTHOOD

      ADVOCACY

      ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION

      MEDICAL

      EMBARRASSING YOUR CHILD

      SEX AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

      ABOUT MIRELLA

      INTRODUCTION

      My intention in writing It Starts at Home is to bring you as a parent of a disabled child to a better understanding from the perspective of an adult with a disability. I want you to know that having a child with a disability is not the end of the world, although you may feel that way sometimes. Although I have Spina Bifida this book can apply to children who have a wide range of disabilities. At times it may seem I am referring to one specific parent however that is not my intention as both parents should be involved in the raising of their children.

      I am not a doctor nor a trained professional, and I am not able to give you statistical information from a clinical point of view. What I can do is provide you with a practical guide to raising a child with a disability based on what I have observed and gone through as a person with a disability myself. My hope is that this book will empower you to make the very best out of a situation that may be seen as negative according to societal standards. As an individual with a disability, I have observed the negativity that can occur when a child with a disability is born into a family, especially a family that is ill equipped to deal with the situation properly.

      Raising a child with a disability can be a challenge but it can also be very rewarding. At times it will try your patience and be exhausting but it will ultimately give you a sense of how precious life is. It may take you out of your element and your comfort zone, change how you think, feel and even react. The first thing you need to do is throw all of those preconceived notions that you have out the window because they are not real; start with a new slate. I want you to understand that everything happens for a reason and that your child has a purpose in life; that you as a parent have an obligation to do everything in your power to assist and inspire your child to realize that purpose.

      You may perceive things happen for a reason to mean that you have done something wrong or that you are being punished for something horrible you have done. Know that you did not do anything wrong. If you feel that you are being punished this feeling will inevitably lead you to feel resentment, jealousy and eventually hate towards your child. Your child needs you to be emotionally healthy and if you have feelings that remotely resemble what I have described then seek professional help; your entire family unit will benefit from you being emotionally healthy.

      Like it or not, we are living in a world where what our children hear, see, feel, and learn will affect how they grow up and who they turn out to be. How children are

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