Capable: A Story of Triumph For Children the World has Judged as "Different" - Paperback

by Deborah Winking (Author)

"Capable provides parents with a prescription for ensuring that their child is able to pursue his or her best life despite the challenges they face."
-TEMPLE GRANDIN, Author of The Autistic Brain and Thinking in Pictures

A true-life account, spanning birth to adulthood, that illustrates what happens when one mom unleashes the power of expectations.

MONTHS AFTER HIS BIRTH, Jack remained listless, on a ventilator, without muscle tone. When he was eventually diagnosed with a rare genetic syndrome, all Deborah heard were predictions of what he would not be able to do. She was free-falling, weighed down by a toxic brew of helplessness, anger, and fear. Capable provides flesh and blood inspiration for any parent who has been told that their child is, by some measure, "less than."