Dancing with Max

[PhineasJWhoopee]

I haven't read the book, but I heard an interview with Emily Colson and it was really touching. If you have been affected by autism, you may want to check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SDnFyqBuJQ

http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Max-Mo.../dp/0310293685

 

[BoomerD]

I haven't read the book, but I heard an interview with Emily Colson and it was really touching. If you have been affected by autism, you may want to check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SDnFyqBuJQ

http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Max-Mo.../dp/0310293685

Oh...you're autistic...that explains a LOT about your posts...


That's a tough thing to deal with. I'm not sure how I'd handle having an autistic child. I just don't think I have the patience required for such a challenge.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Oh...you're autistic...that explains a LOT about your posts...

That's a tough thing to deal with. I'm not sure how I'd handle having an autistic child. I just don't think I have the patience required for such a challenge.

If Emily Colson writes like she speaks, I'm sure that this is an excellent book for people that have an autistic child.

In the interview, she talks about how difficult it is raising an autistic child and how she was at her breaking point.

 

[nanette1985]

Yes, I've read the book. A few us here have autistic children - my son's not really a child anymore, he's 20. No, I wouldn't particularly recommend it for other parents of autistic kids - although I read all the autistic books I can find because I might learn something, and I need all the help I can get. You might find it interesting, who knows.

This is a perfectly nice book about a mom with a lot more money and support than most of us have, telling a heavily edited story. She TELLS us all she's tired, but she doesn't write like someone with the deep exhaustion, psychic and otherwise, that I know. Not that editing is a bad thing, of course.

This is one of those "my challenging child is a gift" books. My autistic child is no more of a gift than his non-autistic siblings. If you like the "gift" theory, and it gets you through the day, go for it.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Yes, I've read the book. A few us here have autistic children - my son's not really a child anymore, he's 20. No, I wouldn't particularly recommend it for other parents of autistic kids - although I read all the autistic books I can find because I might learn something, and I need all the help I can get. You might find it interesting, who knows.

This is a perfectly nice book about a mom with a lot more money and support than most of us have, telling a heavily edited story. She TELLS us all she's tired, but she doesn't write like someone with the deep exhaustion, psychic and otherwise, that I know. Not that editing is a bad thing, of course.

This is one of those "my challenging child is a gift" books. My autistic child is no more of a gift than his non-autistic siblings. If you like the "gift" theory, and it gets you through the day, go for it.

From the interview it's obvious that she is a highly intelligent woman. I don't know what her profession is but it wouldn't surprise me if she had a successful, well-paying career.

I haven't read the book, but what do you mean by it being "heavily edited"?

If I recall correctly from the interview, her son is 19. Maybe she doesn't sound exasperated because she's chronologically removed from the worst times?

My children don't have autism, so I can't relate, but I don't think that it would be easy for any single parent to raise an autistic child, money or not. I think to some degree, living with hardship is a matter of perspective. You can let it destroy you, or you can look for the good. If a parent of an autistic child gets comfort from the belief that their child is a special gift and it he is to them, who am I to tell them otherwise?