Reviews for It Isn't Fair!: Siblings of Children with Disabilities

The average rating for It Isn't Fair!: Siblings of Children with Disabilities based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-28 00:00:00 Jonathan Tidd You can definitely tell the writers are from England - they have a very different vernacular. But it's easy enough to figure out what they mean. Some essays are too short and barely scratch the surface of that person's life and thoughts at all - but some are just wonderful. The syndromes and disabilities of the children discussed in the book are varied, many rare, all serious. Some quotes that struck me: "When you have children, you take them as they are and it is then your job to deal with it as best as you can. You start to look; not at what they can't do, but at what they can. Look at what they can do and the other side matters less; accept where they are going to be. The inclusion of disabled people? Disabled people are still treated as second-class citizens, in pubs, at cinemas, everything. TV still hasn't got on to the fact that you need sign language, and you still get programmes that aren't subtitled so even now you get treated as a second-class citizen. Until we get hold of the fact that all people are still human beings and have the same rights - the right to go to the cinema or whatever - you are going to have this problem." - Jonathan "But these things are how it is and no amount of wishing will make any difference. And perhaps this is what our son has taught us most: that this is our life and this is our family. To be caught up in dreaming dreams about what might have been is a fool's quest, a quest that can stop us finding the joy in small things and the ordinary days." - Paul

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-27 00:00:00 Duatis Llash Every parent should read this book. Sooner or later, like it or not, you will have to talk to your children about death. This book discusses how children think about death at various developmental stages and gives parents tools for talking to kids at each of these stages.