The child who spoke with her eyes : a mother's spiritual journey with her disabled child / Sue Stern.

"The Child Who Spoke with Her Eyes is a powerful, true story of how an extraordinary disabled child transforms her family’s life. When Sue and Sid Stern learn that their beautiful baby, Vanessa, has cerebral palsy and will be ‘profoundly mentally and physically handicapped,’ they are stunned and heartbroken. Determined to help her grow and develop like any child, Sue works intensively teaching her. In so doing she is inspired to explore her own roots, revealing extraordinary insights into their lives together. Then in 1974, with two little boys in tow, the Sterns are forced to make a devastating decision…" -- Provided by publisher.