Son-Rise

by Barry Neil Kaufman

A father's account of his son's increasing withdrawal into the unreachable world of infantile autism, and his, his wife's, and his two daughters' ultimately successful efforts at retrieval, understanding, and caring

Genres: Nonfiction, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Biography, Parenting, Biography Memoir, Memoir

Mass Market Paperback

Published April 17, 1989

Reviews

[Becky]

I read this while working on my Masters Degree. It describes parents working with their autistic son. I recently thought about how much more has been learned about the spectrum of autism since then. Many more seem to have it and there is more understanding by the public. But still.... Such a long way to go.

[R.L. Mosz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most amazing book about autism I've ever read and I've read many. I read it years ago and two more times since. I work with autistic children and my admiration for this family holds no bounds. First and foremost, they decided to love their son. All real cures begin with love.

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

An inspiring and hopeful book about a family's journey of love with an autistic child.

[Barb Kozaczuk]

This book is about two parents struggle to reach and teach their autistic son. Their method their never ending love and patience and joys and story is amazing and an inspiration.

[Hanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

First of all; so happy to realise how far we’ve come in the way we think about people with autism.
Secondly; this book is not really well written, but maybe that was not the main goal… In the end, my main issue was with how the father sees themselves as the best parents in the world and that they “healed” their son of autism. But I wonder if not every parent would do the same if they‘s have the means to spend 75 hours per week with their kid AND afford to get helpers in the house. It is a good experiment, but how realistic is this as a treatment for people with autism…

[Carol Waters · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankly, who has 75 hours a week to provide therapy to one child? The writing..... sentence fragments..... veiled put-downs of his support team.... Options plugs....

The child didn't really seem to progress what might have happened developmentally as he aged. No real evidence that if one spends hours rocking with the autistic kid it will help. Here's a clue: one of the characteristics of autism is the kids doesn't identify with YOUR FEELINGS so he doesn't care if you accept him or not.

[Vicki Gooding · Rating 5 out of 5]

The incredible account of a family who's beautiful son had classic textbook case autism. Very little was known, and usually a form of behavioral modification only attempted to make the child socially acceptable. The couple began an original concept of "to love is to be happy with".They saw the value of their son as a human spirit. With continual, gentle stimulation and acceptance the results were fantastic. Love at it's finest.

[Beverley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first book I read about autism. I was 17 years old and fascinated by ASD. There was very little out there about ASD and what was out there, was that there was no hope for any child afflicted with autism. It wasn't easy to read, the story didn't easily flow, however, it was very interesting.

[Missy]

Amazing story of Barry and Suzi Kaufman who recovered their son Raun from autism in the 70's. They set up a non-profit to assist other parents to help their disabled children. A story of acceptance, persistence, and the power of love. Highly recommend.

[Laura Hodgins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know how to take a book off my reading shelf, accidently clicked on this, right title, wrong author, was reading Son Rise by Barry Neal Kaufman.

[Gamal soliman · Rating 5 out of 5]

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