Miracle Boy Grows Up

In Miracle Boy Grows Up, we get to follow the life of Ben Mattlin who was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital weakness from which he was expected to die in childhood. But Mattlin didn't die in childhood, he grew up. He attended college and became a writer. The benefit to us is that Mattlin’s life happened to parallel the growth of the disability rights movement. This book is a witty, unsentimental memoir from someone with a unique perspective on living with a disability in the United States.

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