One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.79 (817 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826219020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Autism has received extensive coverage in the news media, and it has become a popular subject for film, television, and literature, but the disorder is frequently portrayed and perceived as a set of eccentricities that can be corrected with proper treatment. In reality, autism permanently wrecks many children’s chances for typical lives. In a powerful, deeply personal narrative, Osteen recounts the struggles he and his wife endured in diagnosing, treating, and understanding Cam’s disability, following the family through the years of medical difficulties and emotional wrangling. One of Us: A Family’s Life with Autism tells that story.In this book, Mark Osteen chronicles the experience of raising Cam, whose autism causes him aggression, insomnia, compulsions, and physical sickness. Autism is so rare, he thought. Plenty of recent bestsellers have described the hardships of autism, but those memoirs usually focus on the recovery of people who overcome some or all of the challenges of the disorder. In 1991, Mark Osteen and his wife, Leslie, were struggling to understand why their son, Cameron, was so different from other kids. Instead, it’s the story of a different but equally rare sort of victory—the triumph of love over tremendous adve
"Four Stars" according to Elizabeth Radebaugh. Great book!!. "Wonderful book" according to Barb Magone. "One of Us" by Mark Osteen is a book that you don't want to end, but yet you can't put down. A well written documentation of life with autism, as well as the ups and downs of everyday life, it kept me spellbound. I especially enjoyed the personal excerpts that were included; real life out there for everyone to see. As a daughter of a Parkinson's/Dementia father, I could see many similarities in the behavioral sequences with autism. A must read, I would strongly suggest for medical personnel,. "Best book about Autism I've ever read!" according to A. Barnes. When I saw the description of this book I immediately had to read it. After wasting my time with the Jenny McCarthy/Autism is totally curable with vitamin therapies books, I began to think that my daughter had to be on the very end of the Autism spectrum, and there wasn't a family out there going through what my husband and I were struggling to cope with. This book is completely different, and worth reading whether you have a family member with special needs or not. Hands down this is an exc
In the inspiring conclusion of this masterful book, Osteen and his wife come to terms with their feelings as they begin to see Cameron as an individual, rather than an extension of themselves. His family struggles with how to think about, and speak about, emotions so tender and powerful that even the joys of Cameron’s incremental victories are fragile. The ironic and inspiring conclusion is that parents of a child with a disability, not only the child, ultimately need to stand alone and find their own identities.&rdq