Running with Walker

A Memoir

• Author(s): Robert Hughes,
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Pages: 236
• ISBN_10: 1843107554
  ISBN_13: 9781843107552
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Children with Special Needs , Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs , Family & Relationships / Learning Disabilities , Psychology / Developmental / Child ,

Description:...

By the time he was three, Walker's parents were concerned enough about his delayed development to consult a paediatric neurologist. Doctors diagnosed autism and issued a grim prognosis: 'I hold out no hope for this child'. But they hadn't accounted for Walker's intelligence, affection, and sense of humour - or for the remarkable bonds that grew within his family.

Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the staggering difficulties autism presents.