Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205).

1. LOVE ME AND ACCEPT ME AS I AM -- Ain't done too bad for a cauliflower / Ross Flood -- Disability does not equal liability / Pat Danielson -- What i'd tell that doctor / Jason Kingsley -- Please believe me / Tamra Garner -- Parents without prejudice / Gregor Wolbring -- The virtues of "ballpark normalcy" / Lisa Blumberg -- Take me as I am! / Mark Enston -- Please accept me -- all of me / Dianne Lotter -- 2. PARENTS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPERTS -- What's a mother to do? / Cathy Putze -- The rules of the "game" / Jeff Moyer -- "Deaf people can do anything but hear" / Christina M. Pean -- The autism bomb / Stephen Shore -- Solutions from the heart / Donna F. Smith -- Creative pathways / Paul Kahn -- My secret childhood existence / Taryn L. Hook -- Another way of seeing / Deborah Kent -- As normal as can be / Juan B.K. Magdaraog -- If mom only knew / Darren R. Cecil -- 3. PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS -- Affirmation and challenge / Lucy C. Spruill -- A stubborn sense of entitlement / Mike Ervin -- Independence: lessons from my mom / Tameeka L. Hunter -- Go for it! / Douglas N. Little -- Tapping my potential / Jamie C. Ray -- The hand that you're dealt / Jimmy Dinsmore -- Alien of activist? A woman in search of a big life / Laureen Summers -- Giving our children roots and wings / Barbara Ramnaraine -- SEXUALITY -- Relationship realism / Jennifer Malatesta -- Code of silence / Anonymous -- My mother's warnings / Anne Abbott -- 5. EDUCATION ABOUT DISABILITY -- Honesty, the best policy / Donna M. Laird -- No secrets: a kid is a kid / Tracy Wright -- Twice exceptional / Kassiane A. Sibley -- Does your child have epilepsy? So do I! / John G. Miers -- Learning was always hard for me / Damaris A. Mills -- Please don't be put off by your doctor / Evelyn Toseland -- Listening is the key / Ross Mattingly -- As much love as you can muster / Lesley A. Jones -- Groups offer valuable life lessons / Nancy Witt -- Creating an individual / Lisa A. Bertolini -- Afterword: Disability culture / John D. Kemp.