Praise for GRAVITY PULLS YOU IN…
“According to the Autism Society of America, autism spectrum disorders are the fastest growing developmental disability; soon no family will remain untouched. While the numbers may be bleak, the personal stories and poems in Gravity Pulls You In: Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum are wonderfully hopeful and authentic. You’ll find no false sincerity in these accounts; the writers lay bare their mistakes, their triumphs, their despair and their hope. Their courage is evident on the page.”
ForeWord Magazine
“John Elder Robison says it best in the introduction to this powerful book, ‘…the autistic condition is really the human condition.’ With approximately 1 in 100 children on the autistic spectrum, isn’t it time that we, as a community, educate ourselves on the entire range of what having Autism Spectrum Disorder really looks like? Gravity Pulls You In takes all of us, not just those of us with autistic children of our own, through the challenging experience of living and fiercely loving these children. It is chock-full of extremely moving and personal stories dealing with everything from adopting a special needs child to a mother caring for her dying thirty-four-year-old son. Uplifting and heart wrenching–just like life.”
-Monica Holloway, author of Cowboy & Wills: A Love Story
“This is an amazing assemblage of original voices and unique experiences! As you turn each page, as you read each beautifully wrought essay, you’ll feel the cumulative power of the lives we have created, for ourselves and for our children with autism.”
-Valerie Paradiz, Ph.D., author of Elijah’s Cup and the Integrated Self-Advocacy Curriculum
“So often parenting with autism begins stunned and alone: we don’t know anyone who has been down these paths before, and when we do meet others there’s a shock of recognition and relief. Gravity Pulls You In is like a roomful of those vital first encounters: they are the voices of the experiences that we’ve been through, that we may have yet to come to, and that bind us together.”
-Paul Collins, author of Not Even Wrong: A Father’s Journey Into the Lost History of Autism
“College professors are known to joke that saying a paper ‘fills a needed gap’ is code for saying that it has no real merit or purpose. Gravity Pulls You In, however, truly does fill a needed gap. … The book corrals into one place writings about parenting children on the autism spectrum, and that, in itself is valuable.”
-Wordgathering
“A support group that’s always in session, minus the autism politics and competition, at your fingertips! What parents of children with ASD can gain from this volume is a feeling of not being alone and a situation or circumstance that they can relate to as they navigate the world of ASD. Professionals can gain a better understanding of what their clients/patients (and their parents) deal with on a daily basis. An excellent addition to any public library collection.”
-Library Journal Xpress Review, June 24, 2010
