Looking After A Portrait Of My Autistic Brother
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Meet Lionel, Caroline’s older brother. Born in the 1950s, when no-one knew what autism was – let alone how to study and treat it – Lionel was considered a peculiarity. From the beginning, he was a sil...
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Meet Lionel, Caroline’s older brother. Born in the 1950s, when no-one knew what autism was – let alone how to study and treat it – Lionel was considered a peculiarity. From the beginning, he was a silent child, oblivious to the people around him and intent only on playing with his toy trucks. By the time he turned four, doctors declared him ineducable and advised that he be institutionalised – a shockingly standard practise at the time.No one could have predicted that Lionel would go onto music college and find his place in the world. With the help of his mother – who refused to send him away – Lionel lived a life that was certainly unusual but never dull. He had perfect pitch, could multiply three-figure numbers in his head, or work out which day of the week you were born on, the instant you told him your birthday.But when Lionel’s mother dies, and shortly after he is diagnosed with cancer, his two sisters struggle to fill the void – to become Lionel’s caretaker and support him as they had promised their mother. Looking After is both a portrait of one remarkable man’s life with autism, and a heart-rending story of how one family learnt to care for each other, to deal with loss and to be by each other’s side at the very end.
Detaljer
Forlag
Hutchinson Heinemann
ISBN
9781529151848
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
352
Udgivelsesdato
27-03-2025
Varenr.
3286984
EAN nr.
9781529151848
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
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