Turn Around, Bright Eyes - Snapshots from a Voyage Out of Autism's Silence

by Liane Gentry Skye

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589610245
• ISBN13: 9781589610248
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Pagefree Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

AWESOME, INCREDIBLE BOOK!!

Liane Gentry Skye has written a book that is so honest and straightforward, giving both the intense joy and the intense sorrow that often accompanies parenting a child on the Autism Spectrum, that I felt as if I were sitting across the table enjoying a cup of coffee while she recounted their journey out of Autism's silence. This book is a must read for any parent or family member facing the Journey of Autism. Your child does not have to be non-verbal for this book's honesty and joy to touch your heart in a very special way. I hope this book expands the use of PECS in the same way that Catherine Maurice's book expanded the use of ABA a few years ago. What a wonderful blessing to our children!

A MUST READ

As i read this book, i felt as though i was reading about myself and my son. Liane Gentry Skye has written one of the most heartfelt and compelling books i have read, with the turn of each page you can feel the power of her love for her son. This book is a must read for parent's, grandparent's, anyone who is facing the difficult decisions about what form of treatment to use with their child. Liane & David's journey makes you laugh and cry and cheer at his accomplishments.

I laughed, I cried, I lauged while I cried

I think every parent with a child on the spectrum will hold Gentry's hand through this journey, sometimes painful, sometimes magical. It the journey of a brave woman who refused to give up on her child when everyone else did. It is a must read for every parent being coerced into ABA by a school district, when they know that is not *the thing* for their child. There are choices with autism. PECS can work wonders too. Read this book and walk away with hope.

Insightful, touching story of a mother's love for her child

Liane Gentry Skye's love and determination for her son David, is beautifully displayed in this book about their journey with PECS. This wonderfully written book about a little boy's struggle to communicate teaches us that our nonverbal special children can "speak" to us. Their courage and strength will inspire you as Liane shares with you her son's world of silence. She teaches us that we need to open our minds and our hearts in order to experience the beauty that our very special children have. This is a must read for all parents, esp those with children on the Autism Spectrum.

Proof that Nonverbal Autism Doesn't Mean the End of the Road

Author Liane Gentry Skye paints a vivid emotional picture of her struggles to find a program--any program--that could help her severely autistic son to begin to learn. After a long series of struggles and failures with Lovaas type ABA, exotic diets, and herbal remedies, the author and her family finally found success in teaching their nonverbal son to communicate with the Picture Exchange Communications System. In the process of finding communications, and ultimately speech for her son, an entire family came healed.The author's journal entries, which are deftly wrapped around a memoir, provide emotional shapshots that are at times heartbreaking, bittersweet, motivating, and hilarious. As David finally progresses with his visual communications, we find an endearing, mischeivous child who is able to interact effectively with the family and teachers that clearly adore him.The author has done an effective job of proving that autism, no matter how severe, does not have to be a curse. This is one of the books you will reach for again and again when you feel like autism's challenges are insurmountable.