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Finding Ben (Paperback, New edition)
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Finding Ben (Paperback, New edition)
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List price R546
Loot Price R456
Discovery Miles 4 560
You Save R90 (16%)
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"An introspective, honest account that may offer solace...to other
families coping with challenging children." - "Kirkus Reviews".
"[LaSalle's] story is one of human triumph over adversity and
ignorance...It has a happy ending, but there will be moments when
readers are likely to cry before they share her happiness." - Tony
Attwood, Ph.D., Director, The Asperger's Syndrome Clinic.Barbara
LaSalle's first son, Ben, seemed to be an extraordinarily gifted
child. For the first few years of his life, he amazed his mother
with his brilliance and creativity, speaking in full sentences
before age one and reading competently by age two. Yet, lurking
beneath this boy genius' amazing abilities were a crippling social
aloofness and fear of change. For years, she searched for a
diagnosis for her son, who, unbeknownst to her, suffered from
Asperger's Syndrome - the "little grownup" disorder - a
neurological condition considered a high-functioning form of
autism.In this frank, emotionally written account, Barbara LaSalle
reveals what it's really like to parent a child with a neurological
disorder. She paints a powerfully honest portrait of how a mother's
love can turn into bitterness at having to raise a special-needs
child and how, by opening herself to the wisdom of others, she can
at last learn to love her child - and herself - once again. Barbara
LaSalle, M.A., is a marriage and family therapist who runs a
psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles. A tireless advocate for
people with mental illness, she is a frequent lecturer, workshop
leader, and documentary filmmaker.
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