Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free
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This is the true story of Emily Colson, a single mother who has faced life's toughest obstacles. This is also the story of her nineteen-year-old autistic son, Max, a young man who struggles to speak, who some professionals deemed a waste of time. But a young man with a gift. Journey with Emily through this unabridged audio download as she shows how Max unraveled the thinking of those who tried to teach him and help him, a lesson that seemingly weak people can be more powerful than the strong--including strong people like Max's own grandfather, Chuck Colson. Publishers Weekly An average of 1 in 110 children has autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability that affects communication and social skills. Author Colson tells a common tale of life with her autistic son, Max, with uncommon grace and candor; she's a single mom and artist who developed her own visual communication system for working with her son. She is also the daughter of high-profile evangelical Christian leader Chuck Colson, who contributes candid material about his family in front and back matter that surround the main narrative like a paternal embrace. None of this story is easy, or heroic, or happily ever after if readers expect that the autistic son will miraculously arise and be normal. But if the story is rightly understood as the tale of healing a family and portraying the grit and grace in getting up every morning, readers will find a heartening and modest miracle. (Sept.)
Contents Preface: Emily, Max, and Me by Charles W. Colson....................9Prologue: Confessions of a Dad by Charles W. Colson....................111 Car Wash....................232 Staring at the Wall....................263 Designing Max....................314 Growing Up in the Clouds....................375 Skylight Boy....................436 Walking....................477 Falling Down the stairs....................518 Grace....................559 Locked in a Closet....................6210 Children's Hospital with Patti....................7111 Picture talks....................7612 Grieving the Dream....................8113 The Circle....................8814 A Hole in the Wall....................9615 Order from Chaos....................10316 Falling Up....................11417 Laughing out Loud....................12218 Out of time....................12719 Superman....................13320 Jump In....................14121 Finding treasure....................14622 Legacy....................15223 Dancing at the Back Door....................15924 Unspoken Grace....................16525 the Bridge....................17126 Jumping off the Bridge....................178Epilogue: Learning to Love by Charles W. Colson....................183Thank You ....................198
