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19 Jan 2009, 12:57 pm

The subtitle is portraits of families meeting the challenge , the author is Barbara Firesone, published by Jessica Kingley Publishers, 2008.

In this book 38 families describe their experiences of living with a family member who is on the autism spectrum. It is divided into four parts: Dignity, Hope, Opportunity and Love. It is illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs by Joe Buissink.



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19 Jan 2009, 10:36 pm

Umm, so it's the family members who are heroes?

I was actually dreading, from the thread title, that it was a book about researchers. Phew!



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20 Jan 2009, 6:09 am

From what I remember of the book it is both the autistic and non-autistic family members who are heroes.



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20 Jan 2009, 10:08 am

Is it a book book like Jenny McCarthy's anti-Autism books??? Or is this one actually worth reading?



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20 Jan 2009, 12:19 pm

Anemone wrote:
I was actually dreading, from the thread title, that it was a book about researchers. Phew!


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