A Real Boy: How Autism Shattered Our Lives - and Made a Family from the Pieces by Christopher Stevens with Nicola Stevens is a nice paperback which doesn’t have a “he was cured” ending - but does show how life with an autistic child can settle into some kind of routine – with the right school and respite in place. In the end, he is just a boy with a different view of the world.
It is more women’s magazine style light reading than the deeply philosophical, intriguing, but nonetheless upbeat, Joe: The Only Boy in the World by Michael Blastland which I enjoyed. Recognizing my own child in both these books.
I would recommend them both for insight into life with an autistic child with severe learning difficulties.
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