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An extraordinary and moving book about the transforming power of family and community on “vulnerable” individuals – the mentally challenged, the mentally ill, the elderly – and how these efforts enrich us as a society.Company of Others tells the stories, interwoven with photographs, of five such people, who are surrounded by social “circles” – friends and family whose respect, encouragement, and unconditional love gives them a sense of purpose and belonging. Among them are Betty, a First Nations elder whose family makes it possible for her to continue living on the central BC ranch she’s made her home for seventy years; Rick, a man in his fifties, who shares his Montreal apartment with two other men, all of whom live with schizophrenia; and Margaret, a woman in her forties with Downs syndrome, whose aging parents’ dedication has led to the support of an entire community in small-town Alberta.The stories told here are profoundly inspiring, giving hope to anyone who is or knows a person who, because of age, health, or disability, has been excluded from having a full and meaningful life. This is not a book about helping those with disabilities, but a proposal for a better way of living together in any community.

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