Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success [Paperback]

Colleen Sell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cup of Comfort | Publication Date: February 1, 2007

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.

You will share the power of a family's love with parents such as:

• Karen, who fears that her son with autism will be labeled "the Weird Kid," but instead watches as his peers accept him on the field and in the classroom
• Kathryn, a divorcée who must explain to her teen with autism the abstract concept of love when his father decides to remarry

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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Colleen Sell has edited, ghostwritten, or cowritten more than sixty books, including more than a dozen volumes in the Cup of Comfort series. She lives in Oregon.

Doug and Laurie Flutie established the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism in honor of their son, Doug, Jr., who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. The Foundation's mission is to aid financially disadvantaged families in caring for their children with autism; to fund education and research; and to serve as a communications center for new programs and services.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media; 1 edition (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593376839
• ISBN-13: 978-1593376833
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,142,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, March 27, 2007

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Marietta (Sammamish, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success (Paperback)

I have a 9.5yo son with Asperger's. It has been a roller coaster journey since he was born. I've read several compilation books about living with a child with autism, but this is BY FAR the most honest, gritty, inspiring, and joy provoking book of its kind. The stories are REAL, and there are SO MANY that the many facets of autism are shown. I nodded my head along with most of them. If you have a child on the autism spectrum, buy this book. It will soothe your soul.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comfort for the Soul, June 24, 2009

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James Guilford (MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success (Paperback)

I really liked this book as an alternative to the how-to books. This book is a collection of stories by parents who are touched by autism daily. They talk about how they have had to rethink their future and to focus on what is good about right now. It is not a poor me book but a celebration of coming to terms with the blessings a different outlook brings to everyone.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mainly high functioning stories, June 8, 2011

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This review is from: Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success (Paperback)

This book was OK. Some of the stories I had to just skip because the person writing them were so full of themselves. There were only a few stories that I could even slightly relate to though. If your autistic child struggling at their violin recital is your issue then this book is for you. For those of us with moderate-severely autistic children... There's no comfort here.