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summary My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities Yantra Bertelli µ 3 characters My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities review Õ eBook or Kindle ePUB Liday and Kerry Cohen this assortment of authentic shared experiences from parents in the know is a partial antidote to the stories that misrepresent ridicule and objectify disabled children and their paren. 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summary My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities Yantra Bertelli µ 3 characters My Baby Rides the Short Bus The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities review Õ eBook or Kindle ePUB The stories in this collection provide parents of special needs kids with a dose of both laughter and reality Featuring works by so called alternative parents who have attempted to move away from mainstream. I m not sure why this was on my to read list I have no kids no particular reason But man it was really good Like I would read it while waiting for lights to change while walking to work from the busIt s a collection of various parents experience parenting a variety of children with challenges both mental and physical Apologies if I get the terminology wrong for a lot of this this book was my first encounter You see the heart rending choices that come with uncertain funding with navigating the bureaucracy but in some cases it s super helpful reminding me once again that policy is hard with Other Humans And of course with kids being kids particularly when they have difficulties on top of trying to grow up Several things struck me but the one that really made me say I HAVE HAD THAT EXACT EXPERIENCE was a mother who was venting about people who talk about how strong she is Her response was what else could I do not parent my child It s just day by day I do the best I can Which yes I feel you sisterA very worthwhile read