Saving Ben: A Father's Story of Autism
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Dan E. Burns | ISBN: | 9781574413366 |
| Publisher: | University of North Texas Press | Publication: | June 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dan E. Burns |
| ISBN: | 9781574413366 |
| Publisher: | University of North Texas Press |
| Publication: | June 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Saving Ben is the story of one family coping with autism told from the viewpoint of a father struggling to understand his sons strange behavior and rescue him from a downward spiral. Bens father Dan Burns puts the reader in the passengers seat as he struggles with medical service providers the school system extended family and his own limitations in his efforts to pull Ben out of his darkening world. Ben now 21 years old is a work in progress. The full force and fury of the autism storm have passed. Using new biomedical treatments repair work is underway. Saving Ben is a story of Bens journey toward recovery and a familys story of loss grief and healing.
Saving Ben is the story of one family coping with autism told from the viewpoint of a father struggling to understand his sons strange behavior and rescue him from a downward spiral. Bens father Dan Burns puts the reader in the passengers seat as he struggles with medical service providers the school system extended family and his own limitations in his efforts to pull Ben out of his darkening world. Ben now 21 years old is a work in progress. The full force and fury of the autism storm have passed. Using new biomedical treatments repair work is underway. Saving Ben is a story of Bens journey toward recovery and a familys story of loss grief and healing.
