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Title: A Very Different Look at Autism
Review: I didn't expect to laugh so much. I know autism is a serious subject and that there is grief and pain involved for the parents. Those are included here, touched on, lightly. The trip to Peggy's Cove, for example, showed the heartache of this mother of an only child. But Jennifer Overton's book "Snapshots of Autism" is really a song for her beautiful son, and parts of it are amazingly funny. I think that's what makes this book so real and so touching.Jennifer does discuss Lovaas and ABA and various other kinds of teaching and dietary theories in her search for just the right things to make Nic's life easier. But mostly this book is about the *inside* of their family--- the real deal, the gut-level day-to-day life with an autistic child. Shattered dreams replaced slowly with new hopes. The celebration of small triumphs. Laughter. And a lot of love.This is an amazing book!
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