The daughter was no longer a minor when the book was written, and not living at home. She was either in college or post-college. (The final chapter of the book discusses a relapse she had while in college.)
I've read a pile of memoir, so I totally know the HEROIC PARENT STRUGGLES WITH THEIR CHILD'S TRAGIC DISABILITY school of narrative. This overlapped those books somewhat but was radically different in form and tone. It reminded me a bit of "Unstrange Minds" by Roy Richard Grinker, an anthopology professor with an autistic daughter who wrote a book exploring different cultural ideas about autism, which is radically unlike the "heroic mom brings attention to the tragic epidemic!" school of autism books. (Grinker thinks the "epidemic" is because we used to misdiagnose autistic children with intellectual disabilities.)
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I've read a pile of memoir, so I totally know the HEROIC PARENT STRUGGLES WITH THEIR CHILD'S TRAGIC DISABILITY school of narrative. This overlapped those books somewhat but was radically different in form and tone. It reminded me a bit of "Unstrange Minds" by Roy Richard Grinker, an anthopology professor with an autistic daughter who wrote a book exploring different cultural ideas about autism, which is radically unlike the "heroic mom brings attention to the tragic epidemic!" school of autism books. (Grinker thinks the "epidemic" is because we used to misdiagnose autistic children with intellectual disabilities.)