Book details

  • Genre:children's fiction
  • Sub-genre:Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
  • Age Range (years):9 - 12
  • Language:English
  • Pages:34
  • eBook ISBN:9781483583723

Emme and Me

By Lynn K. Paul and Rachel Steiner

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Overview

In Emme and Me, 9-year-old Maya shares the story of her family and her life with her older sister, Emme, who has dysgenesis of the corpus callosum. Through the words of this young girl, we get a heartwarming glimpse at the ups and downs of living with a sibling who has a disability.
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Description

In Emme and Me, 9-year-old Maya shares the story of her family and her life with her older sister, Emme, who has dysgenesis of the corpus callosum. Through the words of this young girl, we get a heartwarming glimpse at the ups and downs of living with a sibling who has a disability. The book was written by clinical psychologist/neuroscientist Lynn K. Paul, Ph.D. and Rachel Steiner, who is the proud sister of a brother with complete ACC. Illustrations were done by Cindy Reisenauer, an author, illustrator and teacher who has an adult son with complete ACC.
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About The Author

Lynn K. Paul, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist. She has devoted much of her career to studying neurological, cognitive and psychosocial outcomes in individuals with developmental malformations of the corpus callosum. She was founding president of the National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum in 2002.
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