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Danny Littleton feels like he is turning into a dinosaur every time he goes to the doctor's office. After all, dinosaurs don't have to be afraid of anything, including having diabetes. The doctor understands how Danny feels. He and Danny talk, and later, in school, Danny realizes that if he pretends he is a dinosaur, he can get up in front of the class and explain his diabetes.

Unexpected Blessings helps special-needs families move past the pain and confusion of their circumstances and slowly and firmly face the future with hope. Filled with real-life stories and hard-earned wisdom, this book shines a light on the possibilities and blessings that come when parents see their new purpose in life - which was God's purpose for them all along.

Lautaro es un niño con autismo. Este libro cuenta su historia y la de su madre, quien la escribe, embarcada en la aventura del título. Una aventura que le exige sincerar lo difícil que resulta acompañar las horas de un niño como Lautaro, que no tiene lenguaje verbal, que casi no duerme. Lo duro de aceptar que su condición lo acompañará toda su vida y que los desafíos que deberá enfrentar su hijo son muy duros.

An upper-middle class peasant inherits his father's farm, which he hopes to pass on to his children. When the twin boys are born, there is joy in the family until they realize that they are severely retarded - to use the term of the day, idiots. And then another son is born, also an idiot. In desperation, Jean Pierre joins the church, which he has no use for, and a daughter is born. Another idiot. Jean Pierre becomes even more angry and abusive to his wife, whom he blames for producing four idiots.

يختلق الأطفال الحكايات والأحداث الغريبة التي يضحك لها الأهل في معظم الأحيان ويُعجبون بخيال ابنائهم الواسع ولكن من الممكن أن يتطور هذا الأمر مع الأبناء ويرافقهم...

هل يقضم طفلك أظافره باستمرار؟ هل يحرّك ساقه بعصبية إذا غضب؟ هل يصرخ وينفعل لأي سبب؟ إذا كانت الإجابة نعم إذن فطفلك يُعاني من التوتر العصبي... لكن هل تعلم أنّه حسب...

هل طفلك وحيد وتخاف عليه من نسمة الهواء لكنّك تريده أن يتربى مثل بقيّة أقرانه ويُصبح شخصًا يمكن الاعتماد عليه؟ إذن ابدأ معه أسلوب التربية الصحيح في سنٍّ مبكرة...

Follow native New Yorker actor, singer and quality food lover DAVID MCKAY as he and various special guests discuss the curious miracles hidden inside the seemingly mundane happenings of everyday life in New York City and beyond!