Making Peace with Autism: One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts

In this insightful narrative, a courageous and inspiring mother explains why a diagnosis of autism doesn't have to shatter a family's dreams of happiness. Susan Senator offers the hard-won, in-the-trenches wisdom of someone who's been there and is still there today - and she demonstrates how families can find courage, contentment, and connection in the shadow of autism.

In Making Peace with Autism, Senator describes her own journey raising a child with a severe autism spectrum disorder, along with two other typically developing boys. Without offering a miracle treatment or cure, she offers valuable strategies for coping successfully with the daily struggles of life with an autistic child. Along the way she models the combination of stamina and courage, openness, and humour that has helped her family to survive - and even to thrive.

Topics include: the agony of diagnosis, grieving and acceptance, finding the right school program, helping siblings with their struggles and concerns, having fun together, and keeping the marriage strong.