A guide for parents of children with ADHD and learning disabilities makes recommendations on how to help them to become independent adults, in a resource that covers such topics as employee relations, finding appropriate trade schools and colleges, and estate planning. By the author of Laughing Allegra. Simultaneous.
Anne Ford is the author of the acclaimed memoir Laughing Allegra about raising her severely learning disabled daughter, On Their Own: Creating an Independent Future for Your Adult Child with Learning Disabilities and ADHD, and A Special Mother: Getting Through the Early Days of a Child's Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders. She served as Chairman of the National Center for Learning Disabilities from 1989 to 2001, and remains a committed advocate and frequent speaker on LD issues. The great-granddaughter of Henry Ford, she lives in New York City.
John-Richard Thompson is an award-winning playwright and novelist, who has collaborated with Anne Ford at NCLD and on her three books. He lives in New York City.