At this GPS event, National Book Award-winning writer Andrew Solomon examines how families accommodate children with physical, mental and social disabilities and find courage in the face of heartbreaking prejudice and unimaginable difficulty. Solomon is a professor of clinical psychology/psychiatry at Columbia University and Weill-Cornell Medical College and author of best seller Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity. Admission is free. For more information, visit Glenbard Parent Series .