A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success

by Colleen Sell

A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism is a collection of inspiring true stories that relates the strength, love, and devotion families like yours draw on daily. These heartwarming tales will connect you to other devoted and courageous parents, while giving light to your blessing-your child.
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It's tough being a parent. But A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism lets you know that you are not facing this challenge alone.

Genres: Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Parenting, Novels

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Colleen Sell is a freelance writer and editor with expertise in book and magazine development and a passion for storytelling. Her professional experience also includes content development & management and marketing communications development & management.

Since 1999, Colleen has provided writing, editing, ghostwriting, proofreading, editorial development, content management, publishing consulting, and book-proposal development services to authors, entrepreneurs, publishers, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

Colleen has co-authored eight nonfiction books, including 10-Minute Zen and The Everything Kids’ Gross Cookbook, and ghostwritten more than a dozen books, including the best-selling One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine and One Simple Idea for Startups & Entrepreneurs. She was editor and anthologist of the bestselling Cup of Comfort™ book series for 10 years, during which she compiled and edited 38 anthologies of essays as well as an annotated cookbook. The Cup of Comfort series, which was retired in 2011, has sold more than 2 million copies to date.

A proficient developmental editor, line editor, and copyeditor, Colleen has edited more than 150 published books, both fiction and nonfiction, in a wide range of categories.

Colleen is currently Editor-in-Chief of GRAND: The Digital Magazine for Grandparents (a part-time freelance position), and was previously Editor-in-Chief of two award-winning consumer magazines and an associate editor of a national business journal. In addition, her articles and essays have appeared in dozens of consumer and trade periodicals.

Reviews

[Thomas Cannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has stories from parents that are going through the joys and strife of raising a child with autism. It simply helps to know you are not alone. My article on my son in this anthology and I treasure it, but all of the stories are powerful.

[James]

"... This is the other thing that taught me to take one day at a time: my son’s love of silliness, learning, and his family. If silliness, learning, and his family are enough for Sawyer, why can’t it be enough for all of us? My worry of the future has turned to savoring the slow progress." (Thomas Cannon, "Part of the Gift")

[Teri · Rating 5 out of 5]

An AMAZING book! I savored this one over a long period of time reading stories every now and then when I needed encouragement or just to simply know that I'm not alone. I laughed, I cried and I cheered for and right along with these wonderful children and their families. Absolutely LOVED it!

[Colleen dorman · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a great book i recomend it to anyone with an autistic child

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice collection of stories.