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Easy for You to Say : Q and As for Teens Living With Chronic Illness or Disability - Miriam Kaufman

Easy for You to Say

Q and As for Teens Living With Chronic Illness or Disability

By: Miriam Kaufman

eBook | 17 July 2013 | Edition Number 1

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Practical information for teens and their families.

Praise for the previous edition:
This very unusual book...is loaded with the kind of information disabled teens often need but may be too embarrassed to ask for.
--Booklist

The teen years are some of the most demanding. Even the most well-adjusted youth struggles with the intense daily challenges of friends, family, school and wider society. But these problems pale in comparison to those faced by teenagers with a handicap or chronic illness such as spina bifida or cystic fibrosis. "Get over it" or "it's just a phase" is idle advice and little more than offensive. "Easy for you to say," is the teenager's often-heard -- and reasonable -- response.

Easy for You to Say profiles the lives of uniquely challenged teens as they work hard to make sense of the world and their places in it. The questions they pose are frank and courageous, many include street language that teens can identify with and readily understand. The issues front and center in their lives are addressed, such as family, doctors and medical issues, friends and dating, school and work, alcohol and street drugs, medications and sexuality. Useful charts give reliable information on medication interactions and side effects.

Kaufman is straightforward and honest, and provides solid information.

Easy for You to Say to Say addresses issues that often are not easy or pretty. It offers solid practical advice, straight talk and honest answers to questions that many would be too embarrassed to ask.

Industry Reviews
Written in a frank style, this volume continues to address teen concerns in a question/comment-and-answer format. As in the 2005 edition, the material is organized into eight topical chapters, including family relationship; doctors and medical issues; friends and dates; school and work; alcohol, drugs and medications; sexuality; recreation; and transitions... Kaufman approaches the material positively and sensitively... This updated edition will be a helpful resource for teens who may at first be reticent to take these types of questions/comments to adults. The work also provides professionals in the field of medicine valuable insights into the concerns of disabled and ill teenagers.
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