Autism Uncensored

"And when in the grips of a public tantrum, amidst the horror and humiliation of him shrieking and splayed out on the floor while strangers recoiled in shock, my mind lurched towards an inescapable truth--that I want out from this nightmare. I want out from this child."

So begins the turbulent ride of one parent's decision, crafted in despair and desperation, to abandon traditional interventions for her autistic son in favor of a "hands on" approach of repeatedly exposing her son to real-world settings. Autism Uncensored is an unrestricted portal into the mind of someone who had no intention of sacrificing her career or life for Autism, unaware of the many ways it would irreversibly redefine both. As she clarifies at the outset, "this is not the story of a miraculous breakthrough or recovery," Zack is still very much autistic and always will be. It is instead the true, real-time account of her decision to allow Zack to indulge in the very behaviors that formal therapies sought to extinguish, to disclose Zack's diagnosis in public settings, and to repeatedly expose him to real-world situations and override his tantrums regardless of public ridicule or scorn.

„Si cand era in mainile unei ciocniri publice, in mijlocul groazei si umilintei lui, care tipa si se imprastia pe podea, in timp ce strainii se retrageau in stare de soc, mintea mea se indrepta spre un adevar inevitabil - pe care il vreau din acest cosmar. Vreau de la acest copil. " Asa incepe calatoria turbulenta a deciziei unui parinte, elaborata in disperare si disperare, de a abandona interventiile traditionale pentru fiul ei autist in favoarea unei abordari „hands on” de a-l expune in mod repetat pe fiul ei in conditii reale.