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020    9781941529720 (paperback) 
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092    BIO|bFACTOR 
100 1  Factor, Eliza,|eauthor. 
245 10 Strange beauty :|ba portrait of my son /|cEliza Factor. 
264  1 Berkeley, California :|bParallax Press,|c[2017] 
300    271 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "A unique and hopeful story of how one woman and her 
       family were transformed by her child's multiple 
       disabilities and inability to talk and how she, in turn, 
       transformed a community.  This intimate,no-holds barred 
       memoir shares one family's experiences with a child who is
       both autistic and physically disabled. It is a story of 
       infectious laughter, blood on the floor, intense physical 
       conflict, and of two little girls growing up in the shadow
       of their charming and fitful brother. And it is the story 
       of a mother and writer and the illuminating effect of 
       imagining the world through the eyes of her beautiful, 
       charismatic, and nonverbal son, Felix.  Felix and his 
       sisters inspire Eliza to start Extreme Kids, a community 
       center that connects families with children with 
       disabilities through the arts and play, andtransformhow 
       she saw herself and the world. She writes of the joy this 
       project brings her, as well as the disconnect of being 
       lauded for helping others at the same time that she cannot
       help her own son.  As Felix grows bigger and stronger, his
       assaults against himself grow more destructive. When his 
       bruised limbs and face prompt Child Services to 
       investigate the Factors for abuse, Eliza realizes how 
       dangerous her home has become.  Strange Beauty is a 
       personal story, but it shines a light on the combustible 
       conditions many families are living in at this moment. The
       United States offers parents whose children are prone to 
       violence very little help. That Eliza's story ends happily,
       with Felix thriving at Crotched Mountain School, is due 
       more to luck than policy. There are few such schools and 
       many such children.  When children are violent, we fail to
       account for the internal and external pressures that lead 
       to violence. This is both cruel and counterproductive, for
       people with disabilities have much to teachus,if we will 
       only listen"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Factor, Eliza|xHealth. 
600 10 Factor, Felix. 
650  0 Autism in children|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Children with disabilities|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Autistic children|zUnited States|xFamily relationships
       |vBiography.