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AUTISM PARENT DEANNA PICON'S NEW BOOK EMPOWERS PARENTS TO RECLAIM THEIR LIVES WITH PRECISE BATTLE PLAN

Book Provides Strategies For A Healthy And Rewarding Life While Raising A Child With Autism

“Your Child Has Autism.” Those are four words no parent ever wants to hear.

When a diagnosis of autism is confirmed, it’s like a hurricane centered on the child.  There is a huge amount of activity and everything is swept away – only the focus on the child remains. Most of the time, the parents are offered plenty of support and resources for their child, but none for themselves.  Instead they are expected to immediately process and accept what is happening, and to “stay strong” for their son or daughter. 

Few people ever seem to realize that parents in this situation have special needs, too.

Autism Coach Deanna Picon brings readers into the world of the forgotten parents, who have been left behind in the Autism Wilderness.  As a parent of non-verbal, 18 year-old son, Deanna personally understands the impact of autism on a family. 

Throughout the book, she takes parents by the hand starting with the day they geget the autism diagnosis and shows them how to adapt to this new life by building an autism "battle plan" for conquering these circumstances effectively.  She confronts the five stages of a parent's reaction, along with the potential for "nuclear side effects" - all of which combine in some form or fashion to create what she calls the "Autism Parents' Spectrum Disorder."  The book also addresses the impact autism has on the whole family, as well as how to manage expectations regarding possible treatments.

In the last section of the book, Picon refers to autism as "the enemy" of the parents, one that can take away their mental and physical health, their time and money, their relationships and all the joy in their lives...if they let it.  Therefore, she says that parents should declare war and she provides detailed instructions for building a comprehensive, yet doable battle plan that deals with autism head on. What's the ultimate objective?  To empower everyone concerned

and enable each member of the family to have the most fulfilling life possible. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in 68 children in the U.S. has an autism spectrum disorder, which is an increase of over 30% from the 2008 CDC report.  And behind these startling statistics are shocked, overwhelmed and unprepared parents, whose lives have been forever changed by an autism diagnosis.

The Autism Parents’ Guide To Reclaiming Your Life offers information and support designed specifically for the parents of children with autism. It is available at www. Amazon.com and www.yourautismcoach.com.