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Dealing with the Disabled.('Raising Blaze' and 'The Normal One')(Book Review)(Brief Article)
A specific diagnosis of a disability may provide a welcome explanation for puzzling behavior, and even offer relief through medication or therapy. But as Debra Ginsberg explains in RAISING BLAZE (HarperCollins), her memoir of bringing up her own "extraordinary" child, a diagnosis can sometimes create more questions than answers. Blaze, who was choked by his own umbilical cord during delivery, expresses himself with enigmatic figurative phrases; loud noises send him screaming around the room. The doctors' assessment was vague to the point of tautology: "pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified." Ginsberg struggles with the public-school system and its rigorous notions of acceptable behavior, where even happiness is monitored: "I am struck again by how difficult it is to navigate a world where we have to be mindful of when laughter is appropriate."
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- Magazine article from: Book July 1, 2002 700+ words
...Chapter 11 (Sandy Springs), August 3; Chevy Chase, Maryland, Friendship Heights Village Center, August 8 Debra Ginsberg Raising Blaze Del Mar, California, Esmeralda's Books, August 1; Seattle, Elliott Bay Book Co., August 5; Portland...
- "Will my son ever fit in?" Her son has been labeled everything from gifted to...
- Magazine article from: Redbook Ginsberg, Debra September 1, 2002 700+ words
Standing in front of the frozen vegetables in my local supermarket, I stare at the peas and corn and wonder what exactly it is that I need. My right foot is looped into the bottom rack of the shopping cart, and I'm incredibly cold. This supermarket is kept at a temperature cool enough to preserve
- READINGS AND SIGNINGS.(What's Happening)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) August 2, 2002 700+ words
...Tea Shop, 770 N. 34th St.; 206-682-1268. MONDAY, AUG. 5 DEBRA GINSBERG: 7 p.m. The California author ("Waiting") talks about her memoir "Raising Blaze: Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World." Zeitgeist...
- Raising a different kind a kid. (red letters).(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Redbook Moon, Alisa December 1, 2002 700+ words
...about anything. I could really relate to this story and to Debra Ginsberg. Thank you for printing this article and for reminding...Alisa Moon Buhl, Idaho I wanted to thank you for the Raising Blaze excerpt. My 6-year-old daughter started having behavior...
- GREEN RIVER CC TAKES KENU-AM TO SCHOOL.(Life and Arts)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Virgin, Bill August 10, 2001 700+ words
...7 a.m. on KBSG-FM (97.3) include Peter Byers and Melody Buchanan on the medical condition Marfan syndrome, and Debra Ginsberg, author of "Waiting: True Confessions of a Waitress." Don Riggs' guests on "Introspect Northwest" at 7 a.m. Sunday...
- Paint It Black.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Bookmarks November 1, 2006 700+ words
...way.... Fitch demands more of her readers than many modern novelists, but she offers more in the way of reward." DEBRA GINSBERG Los Angeles Times **** "Part love story, part competition, part haunting, part possession, [Michael's and his...
- SAY IT WITH CASH.
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Siskos, Catherine January 1, 2001 700+ words
...that restaurant again because servers have their own methods for exacting revenge against stingy patrons who return, says Debra Ginsberg, a former waitress and author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress. Ginsberg, who has waited tables in greasy...
