eBook George Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism download
by Charlotte Moore
ISBN: 0312374240Author: Charlotte Moore
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (November 13, 2007)
Language: English
Pages: 320
ePub: 1408 kb
Fb2: 1532 kb
Rating: 4.2
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Category: Biography
Subcategory: Specific Groups
George & Sam: Two Boys, . .has been added to your Cart. Overall, a very nice clean copy. Book Description For the parents, families, and friends of the 1 in 250 autistic children born annually in the United States, George and Sam provides a unique look into the life of the autistic child.
George & Sam: Two Boys, . Charlotte Moore has three children, George, Sam, and Jake. George and Sam are autistic. George and Sam takes the reader from the births of each of the two boys, along the painstaking path to diagnosis, interventions, schooling and more. She writes powerfully about her family and her sons, and allows readers to see the boys behind the label of autism.
Charlotte Moore has three children, George, Sam, and Jake.
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Nick Hornby, author of About a Boy and A Long Way Down For the parents, families, and friends of the 1 in 250 autistic children born annually in the United States, George and Sam provides a unique look into the life of the autistic child. Read full description. See details and exclusions.
For two years Charlotte Moore wrote her Mind the Gap column in the Guardian, which described daily life with her two autistic sons, George and Sam, and their non-autistic younger brother, Jake. In George and Sam she tells the full story of the three children: their births, their babyhoods, the gradual realization of the two older boys' condition, the slow path to formal diagnosis, and the continuing impact on the family.
Charlotte Moore however has produced a book that I would have loved to have written myself. I found this book to be a fascinating look inside one family's life. I found myself wondering more about her ex-husband and his involvement with the children
Charlotte Moore however has produced a book that I would have loved to have written myself. I found myself wondering more about her ex-husband and his involvement with the children. Apparently he does care for them on weekends, etc. but she clearly made a decision to leave him out of the book.
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George & Sam Two Boys, One Family, and Autism By Charlotte Moore Illustrated. For two years Charlotte Moore wrote a column called "Mind the Gap," for the British newspaper The Guardian about life with her sons George and Sam, both of whom are autistic. She has a third son, Jake, who is "neurotypical. ) Ms. Moore, a single mother, has now turned those columns into a book
George and sam. Two Boys, One Family, and Autism. Moore matter-of-factly presents the challenges of her life: the expensive tutoring that autistic kids require, the strange eating habits they develop, the simple fact that she may well be caring for George and Sam until she dies.
George and sam. At one point, she had a husband, Min. He eventually had a breakdown and they split up.
"Brilliant…the first book about autism I've read that I'd recommend to people who wanted to know what it was like." -Nick Hornby, author of About a Boy and A Long Way Down
For the parents, families, and friends of the 1 in 250 autistic children born annually in the United States, George and Sam provides a unique look into the life of the autistic child.
Charlotte Moore has three children, George, Sam, and Jake. George and Sam are autistic. George and Sam takes the reader from the births of each of the two boys, along the painstaking path to diagnosis, interventions, schooling and more. She writes powerfully about her family and her sons, and allows readers to see the boys behind the label of autism. Their often puzzling behavior, unusual food aversions, and the different ways that autism effects George and Sam lend deeper insight into this confounding disorder.
George and Sam emerge from her narrative as distinct, wonderful, and at times frustrating children who both are autistic through and through. Moore does not feel the need to search for cause or cure, but simply to find the best ways to help her sons. She conveys to readers what autism is and isn't, what therapies have worked and what hasn't been effective, and paints a moving, memorable portrait life with her boys.
Charlotte Moore is a writer and journalist who lives in Sussex, England with her three sons. She is the author of four novels and three children's book. For two years she wrote a highly acclaimed column in the Guardian called "Mind the Gap" about life with George and Sam. She is a contributor to many publications.
