A very big aspect of Gauntlet is that it was written based on my own autistic son. I wanted to write the book to honor his courage and intelligence, and to show him that even in our less-than-ideal world, he too is capable of big things. For that reason, I've been asked time and again to describe what it's like to live with an autistic son, and what my son in particular is like. Please consider the following blog to answer those questions…

My own Turbee (it's actually his childhood nickname...