Autism and a Dad - Softcover

Gupta, Yash

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1496131886 ISBN 13: 9781496131881

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

All of us are autistic. We differ only in degrees. It is difficult to tell at what point in our upbringing our caregivers should have intervened to broaden our vision. However, when we do see a young child of 2 struggling to make a connection, we cannot sit back and let nature take its course. We have to rise the challenge nature has thrown to the child's parents. I wrote this book to highlight the role of a dad in this endeavor. There are many aspects of dealing with autism. Running away from the problem is a way out. Why not take up the challenge instead, as for a long-playing activity. The benefits are too many to enumerate. Since most books are by mothers, dads need to know what to do and how to work as a team and even get the upper hand (over the mom !) at times. 2 heads are always better than one. Autism needs to be considered a race. Many times dads think better like that. Something akin to the Iditarod in Alaska. A project to be embarked upon with the ultimate challenge to be not only completing the race but most important, planning for the milestones in advance. These are Insurance, Biomedicals, Special services and Therapy. Dads need to aim to get a coterie of important professionals around them early on and believe in them to avoid information overload in terms of therapies and biomedicals.

About this title

About the Author:

Yash Gupta is a 41 year old parent residing in New Jersey with his wife and two sons. He immigrated to the USA from India a number of years back. Yash's first written article appeared in Target Magazine when he was 11. Yash is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore, India.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1496131886
• ISBN 13: 9781496131881
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 142