by Kristine Barnett
Hennepin County Library audiobook 9 discs
read by Kathe Mazur
genre: non-fiction, parenting, autism
I loved this and wish I had the time and energy to blog it well. Comments I made while listening:
- focus on gifts and strengths rather than on weak areas to be improved
- "I'm so far out of my comfort zone, I can't even see it from here."
- The reader, Mazur, was fabulous! At the end of the audiobook, there was an interview with Kristine Barnett. Holy cow! She has a really irritating voice.
His amazing brilliance (taking college classes as a nine-year-old, having an IQ over 170, etc.) was fascinating to read about. But more powerful were his mom's observations of her beautiful son becoming withdrawn and uncommunicative, then having therapies constantly until she pulled him from the system and began homeschooling him. With her unorthodox approach and lots of love, Jacob transformed into a wunderkind.
His autism and what she experienced with him led her to begin "Little Lights" and a Youth Sports for Autism. Actually, it was somewhat overwhelming to read about all the things this woman did while raising three sons . . . she's like superwoman!
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