Finding Lina: A Mother's Journey from Autism to Hope
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510704183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Strangers can be alarmingly judgmental and unsympathetic. Until she was three, Lina (now nine), cheerfully played with friends. “She taught me to take life as it is,” she writes. Then, after receiving her second MMR vaccine, she experienced a seizure and was diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus. The family tries everything, including acupuncture, herbal remedies, and dietary changes, while Hjalmarsson remains remarkably positive. Over the years, the family moves often, trying to find better neighborhoods and schools for Lina, whose behavior includes hitting, biting, peeing on the floor, and trying to run away. How that relates to Lina’s autism is left in question. --Karen Springen . From Booklist In this honest memoir, Hjalmarsson (a psych
Hjalmarsson finds out what helps Lina and what doesn’t. With the help of her ex, angelic babysitters, Lina’s exceptionally empathetic younger sister, and supportive friends, Hjalmarsson manages to create a meaningful life for Lina, and for herselfa life of love and transcendence.Lina, for all her challenges, has much to teach, and Hjalmarsson is a receptive student: finding joy in moments of connection, learning to live in the present, taking nothing for granted, accepting what others find unbearable, and finding a strength and spiritual base for inspiration and healing.Unflinchingly honest and courageous, Finding Lina will open the eyes and hearts and minds of all parents, whether they have a child with autism or not.. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums. Finding Lina is not only a mother's painfully honest account of coming to terms with her daughter's autism, but an offering of insight and new possibility to parents facing similar situations. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. Lina is nine.Special schools, restrictive diets, sensory stimulation, relationship-based therapy, gastrointestinal links, h
From Agnieszka C. Agnieszka C. Finding Lina is a beautiful inspirational story of a mother, Helena, and her daughter, Lina, who has autism. Before I read this book, I had no idea of the struggles and many challenges families with autistic kids go through every day. I admire Helena for her passionate spirit th