While many clinicians have heard the Iconographic illustration of childhood disability in the piece “Welcome to Holland” (1),

there persists a tendency to ignore the vital lessons embedded there and go on to “preach” based on anecdote and stereotypes. This chapter will seek to explore both the literature on the family experience with childhood disability and clin­ical experience of the author after almost decades in the field. The clinical experience enlivens and enlarges on the existing body of literature, giving attention to the vital aspect of the actual experience embodied in work such as “Welcome to Holland.”