Reddit mentions of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

Congratulations! It's ok to grieve for the child you thought you were having, make no mistake. But you are going to love the heck out of this baby. You are in for so much joy that you could not have even imagined before this.
I recommend this book, it will make you feel much less alone.

I'm reading Far From The Tree. It's summer reading for school but it's a genuinely great book.

My recommendations are not particularly ethics focused either but I found them all interesting and think they all give good insight into different aspects of genetic counseling- whether that's what it's like to be a healthcare provider or someone living with a family member with a genetic condition.

My Foreign Cities: Just finished this one. A beautiful memoir about a woman and her marriage to her high school sweetheart, who had cystic fibrosis.

Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine: A series of stories about the experiences of a pediatric geneticist.

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity: One of my favorite books. It explores what happens when children turn out to be very different from their parents in some way, with chapters dedicated to children with autism, Down syndrome, schizophrenia, and multiple severe disabilities, among other things.

[The Still Point of the Turning World] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594205124/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594205124&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2): A memoir by a mother whose son is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease.

I also want to second The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down- another favorite of mine!

My Stroke of Insight by Jill Taylor: A neuroscientist has a stroke and learns to walk, talk, eat, write, or recall her memories.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks: Interesting case studies of patients who suffered from extreme/rare neurological disorders.

Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon: Not necessarily speech-language pathology specific, but it includes chapters identity, self-perception, social perception of people with autism, Down syndrome, and Deaf culture. I read this book recently, and it's absolutely brilliant.

Hey OP
There is a great book called Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

It helped me understand a number of things.
I think you would like it.

I do a lot of counseling in my profession.
If you would like to talk to an anonymous person so you can decide if you want to talk face to face with a therapist or counselor . . .
send me a note.

p.s. I have the book in e-pub format if you read e-books.

Anybody who thinks that this a good thing or that the US should have a higher rate of termination, check out Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon:

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