Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy

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There are some heartbreaking stories in this memoir about Cooper being left alone in a classroom while all the other kindergarteners are off at a Christmas party, put in the audience while the rest of the kids sang in a holiday carol-type situation and punished by taking away his recess.

Kate’s journey to finding a diagnosis and supports for Cooper differs from my own, since she is from the USA, and I’m from Canada. Joe and I haven’t really considered a strategy for explaining to Jack that he has autism; we figured it will be apparent when he’s ready to know. Kate’s blog ‘Finding Coopers Voice’, and now her memoir Forever Boy is in response to her being a mother to an autistic son. As the grandparent of a non-verbal autistic granddaughter, I could relate to many scenes that she was describing, most notably the ones in which Cooper was frustrated and withdrew into the world of his screen. Mary: If you're a parent or an autism professional and enjoy listening to this podcast, you have to come check out my online course and community where we take all of this material and we apply it.

In Forever Boy, Kate Swenson eloquently takes us with her on her journey into a joyful life with her son Cooper. When you have a child with special needs, you have to pick and choose what’s worth fighting for and focus your energies on that. I shed so many tears reading these pages and found so many similarities between their story and our own with our nonverbal/autistic son Jack.

I tried to be really respectful of Cooper, and in the beginning again, I didn't know that that many people were seeing my things. And before I knew it, instead of being Cooper, the little boy with blond hair who loved trains and smelled like the wind, he was a No.So what are your hopes for your future, for Cooper's future, for your book, for yourself or your family? I remember vaguely coming across this page last summer as I was, and still am, trying to find out what our lives are going to look like. For those who are in the dark about the disability, or know little about it, her story will be an eye opener. In Forever Boy, Kate shares her inspiring journey with honesty and compassion, offering solace and hope to others on this path and illuminating the strength and perseverance of mothers. NATIONAL BESTSELLERWith her popular blog, Finding Cooper's Voice, Kate Swenson has provided hope and comfort for hundreds of thousands of parents of children with Autism.

With a sincere desire to tell others about her journey down this difficult road, the author wrote without holding back any punches. He was data and checkboxes and eventually a graph that would put him on the most severe end of that spectrum, until my sunshine boy became a black and white list of diagnosis is in my death story, dark void of his light. It is look inside their family, the raw truth of what many families go through and how tough and isolating it can be while raising a child with Autism. If you are the parent of a child with autism, a teacher, a professional, or just someone whose life took an unplanned turn, I am confident Forever Boywill resonate with you.I know I don’t have the ability to be on Facebook often but wanted to let you know even with minimal time , your words, stories, sharing, continue to help me if not millions of people and o thank you from the bottom of my heart! Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. We have a thirst for knowledge, hoping someone will somehow show us the way forward, offer us suggestions of how to help our children maybe. At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings.