Raising Blaze A Mother and Son's Long, Strange Journey into Autism

Name: Raising Blaze A Mother and Son's Long, Strange Journey into Autism
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ISBN: 9780060004330

ISBN-10: 0060004339

ISBN-13: 9780060004330

Edition: 2002

Authors: Debra Ginsberg

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When you have a child that doesn't fit in, what do you do? Debra Ginsberg knew that her son, Blaze, was unique from the moment he was born in 1987. What she didn't know was that Blaze's differences would be regarded by the outside world not as gifts, but as impediments to social and academic success. Blaze never crawled. He just got up and walked when he turned one. He called his mother 'Zsa Zsa' until he was three. By kindergarten, he loved the music of Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald. He fears butterflies and is fascinated by garbage trucks. With the same honesty that made Waiting a success, Raising Blaze: Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World chronicles Debra's experience…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.99" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Prologue



Enough Breath To Cry



Schooled



The Good Doctors



What Color is Tuesday?



Butterflies and Fire Drills



Shrinking



The Yellow Wire



Dangerous Borders



Tea and Empathy



Lost at Sea



Magic and Appropriate Laughter



Approaching the Tower



Waterloo



Home


Epilogue


Afterword


Acknowledgments