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YAYouth with Special Needs series.
A fictional story featuring a young person with special needs alternates with factual information (about diagnosis, treatment, and scientific explanations), stock photos, and textbook-like diagrams, which further the discussion of the realities of living with a disability. The dialogue is contrived, but the books are accessible resources. There are seven other spring 2004 books in this series. Directory, reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Youth with Special Needs titles: The Hidden Child, Stuck on Fast Forward, Chained, Finding My Voice, and A Different Way of Seeing.