21 April 2010

Parenting an Adult with Autism

Yesterday in the NY Times, guest writer Laura Schumaker discussed parenting her adult son with autism. Schumaker, the author of the book A Regular Guy: Growing Up with Autism narrates a story of her 23-year-old's monthly visit home on Super Bowl weekend.

For more personal stories by parents of children with autism, check out these books from the CeDIR library:

Gravity pulls you in

Matthew's enigma: A father's portrait of his autistic son

The boy who loved windows : opening the heart and mind of a child threatened with autism

A child's journey out of autism: one family's story of living in hope and finding a cure

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