Saving Ben - A Father's Story of Autism

Informationen zum Autor DAN E. BURNS, Ph.D., graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1979 and taught English at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Arlington, and University of Phoenix, publishing in numerous scholarly journals. In 1990 his third child, Benjamin, was diagnosed with autism. Dan helped organize a Dallas chapter of Families for Early Autism Treatment, a support group for parents, and pioneered educational and medical interventions. He lives in Dallas, Texas. Klappentext Autism is a devastating neurological disorder that profoundly affects a person's language and social development. This book presents the story of one family coping with autism, told from the viewpoint of a father struggling to understand his son's strange behavior and rescue him from a downward spiral. Zusammenfassung Autism is a devastating neurological disorder that profoundly affects a person's language and social development. This book presents the story of one family coping with autism! told from the viewpoint of a father struggling to understand his son's strange behavior and rescue him from a downward spiral.

Product details

• Authors: Dan E. Burns
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2009
• EAN: 9781574412697
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-269-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction; Mayborn Literary Nonfiction
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General