Sam's Best Shot
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Sam's Best Shot

A father and son's life-changing journey through autism, adolescence and Africa

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eBook - ePub

Sam's Best Shot

A father and son's life-changing journey through autism, adolescence and Africa

About this book

A father and son's life-changing journey through Autism, adolescence and Africa. Inspiring, entertaining and a beacon of hope for those touched by autism.
Life with a teenage boy on the autism spectrum has its challenges. Fourteen-year-old Sam is a world authority on Harry Potter but can't get to the corner store on his own.
Sam's parents Dr James Best and Benison O'Reilly decide to think radically to help their son. They sell the family home to finance a six-month-long trip to Africa for James and Sam, in the hope that it will have far-reaching and life-changing results for Sam.
Their plan is to take Sam a long way out of his comfort zone, so that he has to face new challenges and learn to navigate the completely unexpected - and that the exposure of all of these new experiences will help Sam grow emotionally and conversationally to achieve what he hasn't been able to in a familiar environment.
The results were extraordinary and will give hope to many families dealing with autism.
Sam's Best Shot is the moving and inspiring account of the amazing journey James and Sam took through the teeming cities and stunning landscapes of ten African countries - nerve-wracking and hugely challenging, but also transformative, fulfilling and entertaining. This is a father and son story like no other.
'James Best and his son travel across Africa in the search for nothing other than randomness and unpredictability. It presents as a travelogue with autism as a sub-plot but, in fact, it is a divine love story of a father and son who are bound together in the adventure of their lifetime.' Nicole Rogerson, CEO Autism Awareness Australia

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  3. TITLE PAGE
  4. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  5. DEDICATION
  6. CONTENTS
  7. PROLOGUE
  8. 1 PASSENGERS ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT
  9. 2 HELL FOR LEATHER
  10. 3 TRAINING WHEELS OFF
  11. 4 THE BAZ BUS
  12. 5 TENSION IN THE TRANSKEI
  13. 6 THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM
  14. 7 THINKING OUTSIDE THE SQUARE
  15. 8 I DON’T WANT TO BE NORMAL
  16. 9 LION COUNTRY
  17. 10 SAND SAFARI
  18. 11 NAMBOOBIA
  19. 12 EASY EIGHTS
  20. 13 MARSHMALLOWS AND GOOGOLS
  21. 14 ZIM
  22. 15 THE DEMENTOR AT THE FALLS
  23. 16 JUNGLE JUNCTION
  24. 17 TWO WAZUNGU
  25. 18 MR FRIENDLY
  26. 19 MUSHROOM-FARM STYLE
  27. 20 THE LAKE OF STARS
  28. 21 TEN OUT OF TEN
  29. 22 THE SHIRE
  30. 23 ZOMBA
  31. 24 BORDERING ON THE RIDICULOUS
  32. 25 EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
  33. 26 SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS
  34. 27 FEVER!
  35. 28 THE GREATEST WATERFALL OF THE NILE
  36. 29 LET’S GET LOST
  37. 30 PLAYING QUIDDITCH
  38. 31 PRAYERS AND CHICKENS
  39. 32 THE AFRICA OF DREAMS
  40. 33 WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
  41. 34 ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES
  42. 35 LIFE LESSONS
  43. 36 SAM IN CHARGE
  44. 37 ZANZIBAR
  45. 38 A BOY TO A PERSON
  46. 39 LIFE SKILLS
  47. EPILOGUE
  48. PIC SECTION
  49. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  50. RESOURCES