Charlotte E. Thompson, M.D., a practicing physician for fifty years, is a board certified pediatrician. In 2005-2008, she was named one of the nation's top pediatricians. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at University of California Medical School in San Diego and the author of six other non-fiction books. These include Raising a Handicapped Child and Raising a Child with a Neuromuscular Disorder. Dr. Thompson founded and directed a center for children with disabilities in San Francisco, was a consultant for five neuromuscular programs, worked in well baby clinics, and had her own pediatric practice in San Diego, California. Her Web site at: www.drthompsonsbooks.com provides additional information.