Title: Life happens next
Description: Shawn McDaniel, almost fifteen, cannot speak and has no control over his body due to severe cerebral palsy, but he forms a strong connection with his mother's cousin Debi, who has Down Syndrome, and her dog Rusty.
Subjects: Special education, Cerebral palsy, Communication, Family life, Fiction, People with disabilities, Down syndrome, Dogs, Children's fiction, Communication, fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Family life, fiction, Seattle (wash.), fiction, Dogs, fiction
Places: Seattle (Wash.), Seattle, Washington (State)