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My Son's Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures

My Son's Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures


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My Son's Not Rainman is a heartfelt and uplifting account of everyday events in the life of John and his son (The Boy). The Boy is ten years old and autistic. He isn't a genius. His only special power is making his dad laugh. Alot. Following the success of the blog of the same name, John talks not just about the difficulties of having a child who is considered different but also the joy in living with someone who looks at the world in a unique way. This isnt a story about autism. It's a story about a young boy who happens to have autism, and there is a big difference. It does relate the struggles of getting a diagnosis for The Boy and the dismay of having his child excluded from schools. However, John very rarely dwells on the downside of his son's condition, preferring instead to look at the happiness his son gives him and the understanding it has given him to look at the world anew. Funny and heart - warming, this is a book about living with the often frustrating, bewildering but always fascinating world of the autistic mind. It's about finding the positive in everything, from the joy and wonder of the Special School Disco to the unadulterated thrill of getting the front seat on the Docklands Light Railway. Ultimately, it's just a celebration of what it really means to be different.

About the Author :
John Williams is a stand-up comedian. Unusually, his show is based on his life as a single parent to his son, who just happens to have autism. His tours take him all over the UK, including the Edinburgh Festival where he had a sell-out run last year. His blog gets nearly 4,000 hits a day and has led to him being asked to be the Keynote Speaker at the National Autistic Society annual conference and having an article published about him on both the BBC website and in the Guardian newspaper. He has also recently been asked to do a two-week speaking tour this year in Australia around World Autism Day (April 2015).

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An entertaining and often very funny read. Williams has a naturally comic touch ... [and there] are abundant laughs that will strike a chord with anyone with a disabled child or sibling If you read one book this year, make it this one ... I haven't enjoyed reading a book this much in a very long time, if ever! [My Son's Not Rainman] isn't an attempt to teach readers about autism and it doesn't lecture. It's simply a heartfelt account of what it means to love a child on the spectrum ... it's inspiring, insightful and rib-tickling in equal measures


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781782433880
  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures
  • ISBN-10: 1782433880
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 129 mm


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