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What Qualifies a Book for "Favorite New Special-Needs Memoir"?

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Question: What Qualifies a Book for "Favorite New Special-Needs Memoir"?
Answer: To qualify for the Readers' Choice Award for "Favorite New Special-Needs Memoir," a book should be:
  • A personal recollection of parenting a child with special needs, growing up as a child with special needs, or living with a child with special needs. The author can be a parent, an individual with special needs, or the sibling or family member of an individual with special needs
  • Published for the first time in 2012
  • Available through online booksellers

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