Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children

by Amy S.F. Lutz

Book Overview

In the fall of 2009, Amy Lutz and her husband, Andy, struggled with one of the worst decisions parents could possibly face: whether they could safely keep their autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, at home any longer. Multiple medication trials, a long procession of behavior modification strategies, and even an almost year-long hospitalization had all failed to control his violent rages. Desperate to stop the attacks that endangered family members, caregivers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826519768
• ISBN13: 9780826519764
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"