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Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son

Carolyn Cooper

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Description:Mark is just four days old when Carolyn's pride shifts to concern. Why doesn't he cry? Where is his appetite? As a worried mother, Carolyn grasps for answers, but in 1960s North Carolina, "autism" is not yet a household word.Untethered traces the extraordinary forty-year evolution of both Mark and Carolyn as they struggle with what was then a baffling new disorder. When Mark further slips within the fortress of autism, Carolyn faces the unthinkable--institutionalizing her son.At the same time, Carolyn's marriage starts to unravel, forcing her to abandon her identity as a people-pleasing housewife and enter the working world as a single woman. Facing a life she never bargained for, Carolyn sets out on a path of self-discovery.Courageous, hopeful, and provocative, Untethered shows the unvarnished reality of one mother's experience with autism. It also teaches us that life's heartbreaks can illuminate the way toward spiritual growth and love.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son. To get started finding Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Mark is just four days old when Carolyn's pride shifts to concern. Why doesn't he cry? Where is his appetite? As a worried mother, Carolyn grasps for answers, but in 1960s North Carolina, "autism" is not yet a household word.Untethered traces the extraordinary forty-year evolution of both Mark and Carolyn as they struggle with what was then a baffling new disorder. When Mark further slips within the fortress of autism, Carolyn faces the unthinkable--institutionalizing her son.At the same time, Carolyn's marriage starts to unravel, forcing her to abandon her identity as a people-pleasing housewife and enter the working world as a single woman. Facing a life she never bargained for, Carolyn sets out on a path of self-discovery.Courageous, hopeful, and provocative, Untethered shows the unvarnished reality of one mother's experience with autism. It also teaches us that life's heartbreaks can illuminate the way toward spiritual growth and love.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son. To get started finding Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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