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Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable

Name: Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable
Brand: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781849057158
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781849057158

A Family Grows Up with Autism

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By Liane Kupferberg Kupferberg Carter, Foreword by Susan Senator
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 150 mm
Weight: 460 g
Pages: 352

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How do you create an ordinary family life, while dealing with the extraordinary needs of an autistic child?Meet Mickey - charming, funny, compassionate, and autistic. In this unflinching portrait of family life, Liane Kupferberg Carter gives us a mother's insight into what really goes on in the two decades after diagnosis. From the double-blow of a subsequent epilepsy diagnosis, to bullying and Bar Mitzvahs, Mickey's struggles and triumphs along the road to adulthood are honestly detailed to show how one family learned to grow and thrive with autism.

1. Prologue: Don't Stop Believin'. 2. 1992: Diagnosis. 3. Child's Play. 4. Desperation. 5. Dizzy with Love. 6. Besieged. 7. Healing Our World. 8. Family Legacy. 9. Those Kids, Those Parents. 10. Sticking Out My Neck. 11. Moments of Agitation. 12. Behavior is Communication. 13. Consumed. 14. Zones of Comfort. 15. Brothers' Bonds. 16. Learning to Soar.

There are books written about families, and there are books written about autism, and in 'Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable,' author Liane Kupferberg Carter seamlessly weaves the two together to create a beautiful and heart-tugging story that will stay with you for a long time. In its purest sense, this is a love story-about two parents and the love they share for each other and for their sons, one of whom has autism

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