More Than a Mom explores how women can lead rich, fulfilling personal lives while parenting a child with special needs. The authors skillfully blend research, personal experiences, and feedback from over 500 mothers across North America.  This book is full of practical strategies, advice, and reassurance for mothers trying to create more manageable and fulfilling lives.

  Amy Baskin and Heather Fawcett address the universal concerns and questions of all mothers that become even more pressing when raising children with disabilities or special needs. This how-to guide looks at the challenges mothers face at home, at work, and within themselves, with special attention paid to:

• Staying healthy both physically and emotionally
• Keeping friendships
• Parenting your other children
• Staying organized
• Maintaining your marriage
• Nurturing interests and goals
• Seeking flexible work options
• Changing careers or starting a business
• Rejoining the workforce
• Finding specialized childcare
• Advocating for your child

  The mothers who were interviewed for the book have diverse backgrounds and family dynamics. Given their differences and the fact that their children have such varied disabilities, it’s striking that these mothers face such similar issues. More Than a Mom provides mothers with many voices and solutions that will resonate with their own circumstances. Husbands, extended family, friends, support organizations, and service providers will also want to read this insightful and fact-filled book.