Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy

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The first of half of Swenson's memoir of parenting a child who is severely autistic is told in a linear and straight-forward manner.

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Mary: Yeah, yeah, well, when you think about it too just to point out for the listeners in the show notes, this will be episode 170.

And he was diagnosed with autism at, I think it was three months shy of age four, but he could have been diagnosed at nine months.

FOREVER BOY | Kirkus Reviews

Having those weird conversations with your best friend and thinking “If anyone heard us, we’d be put in a mental hospital. Enjoy the memories you had with this person, and trust that your new best friend is somewhere out there looking for you too. So I'm going to read from Chapter eight and I'm going to read about when I first heard about autism.So pick up a copy of Forever Boy and be prepared to laugh, cry, and learn about a very special little boy and an amazing mother who never took no for an answer. Honestly, I don't even know if I'd ever heard the word got pregnant with my first son, had a very typical pregnancy.

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After all, no one expects to have a special needs child and her innate desire to be a mother with a child who could relate to other children was understandable as well as heartbreaking.But through hard work, resilience and personal growth, she would come to learn that Cooper wasn't the one who needed to change. He went on to briefly talk about the stress of hav­ing children, and how a child with special needs intensifies it. Kate's journey hasn't been linear and it's never been easy- from uprooting her family and moving to another city to find better assistance programs to marital issues and a host of other struggles.