Saving Ben : A Father's Story of Autism.
Title:
Saving Ben : A Father's Story of Autism.
Author:
Burns, Dan E.
ISBN:
9781574413366
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (136 pages)
Series:
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series
Contents:
COVER PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1: THE STORM -- WISHED UPON A STAR -- QUIRKY BEN -- DIAGNOSIS -- PART 2: THE JOURNEY -- SUNRISE -- SUNSET -- PART 3: OZ -- SIT, QUIET HANDS, LOOK AT ME -- THE BENJAMIN PROJECT -- EXPECT A MIRACLE -- PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES -- SUE, ME, AND BEN -- DOCTORS TO THE RESCUE -- BEN AT SCHOOL -- COLD WAR -- AFTERSHOCKS -- PART 4: NEVER GIVE UP -- OVER THE RAINBOW -- GOING HOME.
Abstract:
Autism is a devastating neurological disorder that profoundly affects a person's language and social development. This book presents the story of one family coping with autism, told from the viewpoint of a father struggling to understand his son's strange behavior and rescue him from a downward spiral.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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