A shift from the medical perspective of disability to a mother’s perspective

An excerpt from Catastrophic Rupture: A Memoir of Healing.

The spark just scarcely lit in Jo had vanished; I had seen no sign of awareness since the spasms began the night before. Having just edged over the threshold into what I considered a reasonable quality of life, with Josephine able to interact in a positive (though limited) way, the thought of …

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