Front cover -- A Will of His Own: Reflections on Parenting a Child with Autism, Revised Edition -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY JANE ASHER -- PREFACE: A NEW "WILL" -- A Different Song -- Moonlight -- The Shock of the New -- Ferryboats -- Potter vs. Potter -- Into the Pool -- Afternoon on the Piazza -- Singer -- Friends -- The Lunchmaker -- Big Talk -- The King -- Escalatorland -- Candy -- New Voice -- Soul Deep -- Window -- How the King Became the King -- I Can't Explain It -- Desiree -- School Picture -- One Dream -- Grandma -- A Boy Named Colin -- Lighting the Candles -- Hero -- One Dream -- Evolution Blues -- Over Washington -- Willpower -- Special Needs Showbiz -- A Mountaintop in Nepal -- The Broken Leg Diaries -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.