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Finding Ben : A Mother's Journey Through the Maze of Asperger's

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Extremely rare is the mother who doesn't worry about whether she is a good parent, and it is easy to become obsessed trying to do everything right for one's child. With all her worries when she gave birth to Benjamin, kindergarten teacher LaSalle was typical. She wanted to be a perfect mother to a perfect--read normal--child. But Ben was anything but normal. While LaSalle misguidedly persisted in trying to be the perfect mother, the real, imperfect Ben got lost in a blind alley of misdiagnosis, mistaken counsel, and, finally, imprisonment. It was 25 years before he was correctly diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. Naming the disorder, however, didn't solve LaSalle's biggest problem. She still wanted Ben to be perfect (i.e., normal), and it was nearly another decade before she learned that he was perfect just as he was."--Booklist

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0071431942

Author

Barbara LaSalle

Publication

2004 McGraw-Hill

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