Book Review : A Mother's Reflections
Book Name: A Mother’s Reflections
Author: Dr Shanti Auluck
Publisher: Hay House India
Genre: Memoir & Self-Help
Format: Paperback
Print length: 240 pages
Rating: 4/5
A Mother’s Reflections (A Heartwarming Journey of Love, Unyielding Strength and Championing Inclusivity) is a non-fiction, self-help book specifically educating all about how to take care of people having Intellectual Disability without impacting their individual needs and making them feel vulnerable and indifferent.
Blurb on Amazon
In this heartwarming tale, Dr Auluck shares her life’s turning point―the birth of her son, Puneet, who was born with Down Syndrome. What initially appeared as a catastrophic event for a deeply intellectual mind led to a deep inner churning. As she grappled with the complexities of her child’s condition, she embarked on a path of self-discovery and profound empathy.
This book explores the author’s emotional journey through three sections: Her personal experiences challenging societal norms, insights into intellectual disability and its impact on personal development as a psychologist, and her role as an activist creating Muskaan―an adult training and employment centre for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Emphasising the importance of understanding their world, she advocates for holistic development to nurture responsible and emotionally stable adults. The book also highlights how her Vedanta-rooted vision provided strength amid life’s challenges.
A Mother’s Reflections is a raw and inspirational tale of personal growth, empathy, and social change, exploring the depths of humanity and the transformative power of love and acceptance.
Review
It is a moving memoir of a struggling mother to fight her insecurities in raising a kid with Intellectual Disability without losing sanity and ensuring equal rights for her boy.
This book is a testament to the transformative potency of acceptance and the impact of a mother's determination to create a better world for her child and others like him.
The author's work is an honest and raw exploration of her being a mother to a child with ID who worked on making the world better for her child. And helped people like him and educated parents like her. The book consists of three divisions:
An emotional odyssey: Navigating life with a child with Down syndrome
Understanding intellectual disability: Insights, applications, and holistic development
The long road ahead: Changing hearts and minds in disability discourse
An Emotional Odyssey: Navigating Life With A Child With Down Syndrome
In this section, the author explores her journey from giving birth to her kid to leading in depression and getting out of it stronger and wiser, working towards his child's growth and development.
Understanding Intellectual Disability: Insights, Applications, And Holistic Development
This section is subjective and includes every information required to understand the needs of a person with Intellectual Disability. It covers vast topics like Cognitive Growth, Mental Health, Emotional Well-Being, etc.
The Long Road Ahead: Changing Hearts And Minds In Disability Discourse
It is an impactful section where the author explores her journey of a profound shift from perceiving disability as a limitation to embracing diversity. Readers would know about the author's transformative journey when she encountered individuals facing ID. She shared how she learned and strengthened the virtues of life.
If you wish to learn about people with Intellectual Disability and explore their world, this book can help you understand and guide on how to take care of them without challenging their complexities and vulnerabilities.
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