Beneath the Surface

Understanding Autism

By Kelly Burgess

That connection, that unconditional and nonjudgmental love, is the great reward of caring for an autistic child. A surprise embrace, a smile at bedtime, suddenly hearing your child call you "mommy" for the first time in, perhaps, weeks or months are moments that carry the parent across the difficult times.

In summary, it's not about autism, and it's not about "them." It's about us. What readers can take from this book is both on the surface – that children with autism have been misunderstood, that parents have been misjudged – and hidden – that everyone has a soul.

For some sample text and images from Souls: Beneath and Beyond Autism

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