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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with disability
In 2011 Andrew Davies, a dental surgeon, had a brain stem stroke
when he was just thirty-three years old. This left him with just a
small flicker of movement in his right thumb and only limited
speech. Physically there has been very little healing in the years
since his stroke but in this book he reveals the healing that has
taken place. He says he now has a life worth living but also one he
enjoys. In Healing or Hurting, Andrew acknowledges that God can and
does heal supernaturally but focuses on the ways in which God often
sustains his children when he doesn't remove the trial. His desire
is that this book helps people to understand the potential harm the
church can inadvertently cause to people who are suffering by only
teaching about God's desire to heal and neglecting the wish that He
may want to provide and sustain. Andrew goes further and suggests
lessons Christians could learn from the Apostle Paul's prayer
regarding his thorn in the flesh and details some ethical
principles from his medical background by proposing how these could
be adopted when praying for the sick.
Men with Asperger's Syndrome, young and old, experience difficulty
with social interaction, which can be a stumbling block when it
comes to getting a girlfriend. Here is a book that demystifies the
enigma of 'relationships' by explaining everything in
Asperger-friendly terms (some of them mathematical,
naturally).Asperger Meets Girl provides hope for all hopeless
wooers by offering a choice of three interrelated abstract models
for understanding boy - girl relationships. And, to make life
easier, these models are presented in graph form where possible.
The book also gives valuable practical tips for maximising one's
chances of successfully developing a relationship, such as how to
start a conversation without scaring the other person off, avoiding
the inclination to stare and understanding the concept of 'personal
space'. Serious, and seriously funny, this book will help bring
happy endings to Asperger boys and make them laugh in the process.
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