Teresa Sullivan is retired RN, hospital administrator and clinician with twenty-plus years of experience in psychiatry and addiction medicine. She lives with her three rescued dogs, Danny, Maya, and Kate, in her hometown, Santa Monica, California.

Mikey & Me will resonate with anyone considered the typical one in a family with a special needs child.  Author Teresa Sullivan’s memoir about growing up with her profoundly disabled sister reveals the incessant challenges that confront family caregivers, and the resulting expectations placed on “typical” siblings. Sullivan’s honesty about her self-destructive coping mechanisms will strike a cord with anyone who has struggled with addiction, as will her hard-won recovery. Mikey & Me is an unflinching and insightful exploration of the relationship between two sisters, one blind and autistic, unable to voice her own story, the other gifted with the heart and understanding to express it exquisitely for her.