George & Sam
eBook - ePub

George & Sam

Two Boys, One Family, and Autism

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

George & Sam

Two Boys, One Family, and Autism

About this book

For the parents, families, and friends of the 1 in 250 autistic children born annually in the United States, George and Sam provides a unique look into the life of the autistic child.
Charlotte Moore has three children, George, Sam, and Jake. George and Sam are autistic. George and Sam takes the reader from the births of each of the two boys, along the painstaking path to diagnosis, interventions, schooling and more. She writes powerfully about her family and her sons, and allows readers to see the boys behind the label of autism. Their often puzzling behavior, unusual food aversions, and the different ways that autism effects George and Sam lend deeper insight into this confounding disorder.
George and Sam emerge from her narrative as distinct, wonderful, and at times frustrating children who both are autistic through and through. Moore does not feel the need to search for cause or cure, but simply to find the best ways to help her sons. She conveys to readers what autism is and isn't, what therapies have worked and what hasn't been effective, and paints a moving, memorable portrait life with her boys.
Charlotte Moore is a writer and journalist who lives in Sussex, England with her three sons. She is the author of four novels and three children's book. For two years she wrote a highly acclaimed column in the Guardian called "Mind the Gap" about life with George and Sam. She is a contributor to many publications.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Foreword by Nick Hornby
  8. Prologue
  9. 1. Does It Run in the Family?
  10. 2. The Wonderbaby
  11. 3. Please Replace the Handset and Try Again
  12. 4. Two in the Family
  13. 5. Diagnosis
  14. 6. Our Path to Diagnosis
  15. 7. Is There a Cure?
  16. 8. Sam’s Crash
  17. 9. Off the Couch
  18. 10. Mild Peril
  19. 11. Blackberries and Tumble Dryers
  20. 12. Ketchup with Everything
  21. 13. Education, Education, Education
  22. 14. Did You Sleep Well, Dear?
  23. 15. What Do They Do All Day?
  24. 16. God and the Tooth Fairy
  25. 17. Wear and Tear
  26. 18. Compensations
  27. 19. What Next?
  28. Reading List
  29. Directory of Useful Addresses
  30. Also by Charlotte Moore
  31. Praise for George & Sam
  32. Copyright