Approximately 1 in 100 children have autism.

By now, most of us are acquainted with autism in some way.  But all too often, people with autism are  portrayed as either astounding savants or noncommunicative, isolated beings, and their loved ones as either relentlessly pursuing a cure or overwhelmed and grief-stricken.

Isn’t it more likely that the community of autism lies somewhere in the middle of these extremes?

Kyra Anderson and Vicki Forman, editors of the new autism anthology, Gravity Pulls You In, can share with your audience their personal experiences and perspectives, and in doing so, help to dispel autism myths, forge a deeper connection among parents, and dismantle some of the fear surrounding autism. In addition, they can talk about what they’ve learned from editing their book’s contributors–mothers and fathers raising children on the autism spectrum–their hopes for children with autism, and what they want the wider world to know about their lives.

As the editors and contributors convey, it is through one conversation at a time, one essay at a time, one poem at a time, that we as a community and society can truly see and then embrace the diversity that exists within a population of kids that may seem “other” and through that, unite ALL of us.

For more information, contact:

Beth Binns
Woodbine House
800-843-7323
bbinns@woodbinehouse.com