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and encourages the disabled children and adults who are already doing the challenging work of advocating for themselves and finding strength in community

deeply researched prose

like power dynamics

Cooper was engaged in the birdwatching ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years old when what might have been a routine encounter with a dog walker exploded age-old racial tensions

struggling with addiction and mental illness and trying to make stable homes for their kids amid the economic and emotional turmoil of their lives—all in the context of the opioid epidemic that has ravaged her home state of Vermont

In the Absence of the Ordinary cid_5229 and encourages the disabled childrenWe are at a threshold. As we face uncertain futures, the familiar is falling away. This book invites us to embody new ways of being and connecting so we can navigate troubled times together In his singular and inimitable voice, psychotherapist Francis Weller offers 17 soulful essays to help us move together through the anxieties, difficulties, and sacred transitions of 21st century life. In the Absence of the Ordinary frames our current era as a rough