Raising a severely disabled child can actually have its lighter side. Disabled Fables is a collection of fifty-five warm and humorous personal stories about the ups and downs of raising our disabled son Oscar, whom we affectionately refer to as “The O.”
The O’s lack of social inhibitions has provided ample opportunities for unexpected surprises to occur. For instance, how many kids can heave a foul tasting hamburger into the back of someone’s head at the ballpark – and get away with it? Do you know very many people whose dentists deliver hot coffee to their homes? How could you possibly put a positive spin on your kid breaking thirty windows one summer? And you really might not care to know what he did with a cutlet at our local supermarket.
This is a happy book about three decades of unique experiences that could only have occurred from raising such a child. It is a positive message that might be summed up best by a quote from humorist James Thurber: “Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.”
WINNER of the 2007
Robert Benchley Society
Award for Best Humorist.