My books, except for a special one (Letters Home) , have all been written to help people. My first book, Raising a Handicapped Child, was written because I needed a book for the parents of the children I was caring for as director of a Center for children with disabilities. It has been in publication since 1986 in five different editions. The last edition was published by Oxford University Press in 1999. They also published Raising a Child with a Neuromuscular Disorder in 2000 and it is still purchased by parents all over the world. 101 Ways To The Bes more...