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Running with Walker : a memoir / Robert Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Robert, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autism in children.
- Autistic children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the staggering difficulties autism presents.
- Contents:
- Running with Walker: A Memoir; Contents; Prologue Christmas Party, 1997; Chapter 1 A New Cult; Chapter 2 "Denial"; Chapter 3 Brothers; Chapter 4 Yes and No; Chapter 5 Child Development to the Rescue; Chapter 6 Homeschooling I: Cemetery School; Chapter 7 Homeschooling II: Running With Walker; Chapter 8 The Two Walkers; Chapter 9 "Nothing is Written"; Chapter 10 Maureen; Chapter 11 Yearning; Chapter 12 The Apocalypse; Chapter 13 Davy Crashes; Chapter 14 Liftoff ?; Chapter 15 Apocalypse, Again; Chapter 16 Hope; Epilogue June 2001
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781283904643
- 1283904640
- 9781417501106
- 1417501103
- 9781846424069
- 1846424062
- OCLC:
- 567905685
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