Watching Sarah Rise: A Journey of Thriving with Autism - Couverture souple

Celeste Briggs, Jennifer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1647428246 ISBN 13 : 9781647428242

Editeur : She Writes Press, 2025

Synopsis

For readers who love inspiring true stories, a contemporary memoir from a mother who helped her nonverbal daughter with autism find her voice.

Families who have supported a child with special needs will connect with this memoir about Sarah, a feisty girl with autism and a unique genetic blueprint. Her mom, Jenny, is equally feisty and determined, which leads her to make a commitment that dramatically changes her and Sarah’s lives—as well as those of many others.

Sarah’s early years are filled with challenges, and Jenny and her husband, Carl, try various therapies in an effort to help her. At four years old, Sarah is still nonverbal, still doesn’t use the potty, and still struggles with eating. Jenny knows she must do more. She has heard of a method developed by the Autism Treatment Center of America called The Son-Rise Program, which, through loving, supportive interaction, aims to foster social connection in people with autism. It is a huge undertaking, requiring hours of one-on-one therapeutic playtime, which means Jenny needs to find and train volunteers to make it possible. Though Jenny isn’t sure she can do it, she decides to try. She calls her program Sarah-Rise.

Accompany Jenny as Sarah’s language explodes, her eye contact intensifies, and she plays games, plays imaginatively, uses the potty, eats healthily, reads, and writes. Have your heart warmed and your socks knocked off by this momentous journey.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jennifer Celeste Briggs has a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore College. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: She Writes Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1647428246
• ISBN 13: 9781647428242
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas