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General Books Autobiography / Biography Children on the Bridge
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| Children on the Bridge is a dramatic story of a journey through the world of autism in South Africa, but it is also a personal and very real account that offers insight into the experiences of someone touched by this complex and unpredictable disorder. Autism has recently become extremely topical in the media. Autism South Africa estimates that 1 in 165 children may be affected by some degree with autism. However, very little has been published that relates specifically to autism in South Africa, and there are many parents who have nowhere to turn when their children are diagnosed. This story provides a way across the bridge between our world and that of the people and families affected by autism, and helps us to identify and respect the differences between the ways our different brains work. “After so many years in this line of work, now I know that there is something about standing on one side of a bridge and calling to a child on the other side, coaxing her day in and day out to join you and the rest of the world on your side. There is something in hearing your own voice calling, and then seeing that child’s eyes flicker upwards to notice you, to look at you as if for the first time. There is something in being part of even the tiniest spurt of growth that binds you to that child forever.” |
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