Strangers Together: How My Son's Autism Changed My Life - Softcover

Goodreau, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492220639 ISBN 13: 9781492220633

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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“Joan Goodreau’s stories about her journey with her son brings the reality of living with autism and the impact the disorder has on families home to both parents and professionals…I highly recommend this book to anyone who works with families that include someone with a neurodevelopment disorder.” -Connie Withers, Psychologist and Director of Puente Hills Special Education Local Plan Area “In Silent Messages, Joan Goodreau provides perspective through different lenses on the impact a disability has on a family.” -Teri Todd, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Operations, California State University, Northridge One child in 88 will be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Three-year-old Ian is diagnosed and his single mother, Joan, tries to learn about the stranger who is her son. She discovers no one can raise a child with ASD alone and finds help for her family. Her real-life stories capture this first year after diagnosis that moves from “why us” alienation to acceptance of life with Ian. Parents, especially parents of children with diverse needs, often feel alone in facing day-to-day problems, but they are not. This book offers the warmth of a cup of tea and a chat with a friend who has been where you are. Join her on her blog: http://autismwritehere.wordpress.com/

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Joan Goodreau experience as a Special Education teacher and Program Specialist gives her the professional as well as a parent perspective on Autism Spectrum Disorder. She wrote Strangers Together: How My Son's Autism Changed My Life during a Hedgebook writing residency. The first chapter, "First Word," was nominated for the 2012 Pushcar Prize. Joan Goodreau’s stories, articles and poems have appeared in such publications as Dalhousie Review, Bloodroot Literary Magazine, Watershed Literary Magazine, The Broken Plate Literary Magazine, Floodplane Review, Telling Our Stories Anthology, 2nd Latitude Anthology, Ottawa Poetry Journal, Derelict Review, Plus Women’s Magazine, The Word Magazine, Flashquake, and Ahoy Magazine. She is currently working on a poetry book about the effects of autism on a family. A native Californian, she lived in England and Canada and now resides in Chico, California. She gives writing workshops to families with children who have disabilities and serves on the board of Northern California Vocations. Join her on her blog: autismwritehere@wordpress.com.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1492220639
• ISBN 13: 9781492220633
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 98
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