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My Son Fred - Living with Autism

My Son Fred - Living with Autism

How Could You Manage? I Couldn't. I Did It Anyway

Maud Deckmar
Translated by Ewa Wulkan

Paperback: £19.99 / $31.95

2004, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-312-7, BIC 2: VFJD BG VFXC

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Dear Readers. 1. Unto us a child is born… 2. People around us. 3. Another baby - will I dare? 4. "Just for today" is all I can handle. 5. As if he wasn't there. 6. Lights - camera - action. 7. Pre-school. 8. A few minutes of rest in borrowed peace and quiet or The difference between real solutions and makeshift ones. 9. School. 10. The children's home. 11. It has have always been us needing the staff ­- they have never needed us. 12. Are you a bad person when you can't cope any longer? 13. Moving to his own apartment. 14. The police report. 15. When a member of staff leaves - is it because he or she has died? 16. He's started at the day centre or The Tale of Budget and Reality. 17. To forgive yourself. 18. My fears right now. 19. Moving on.