What Color is Monday?: How Autism Changed One Family for the Better

by Carrie Cariello

Overview

"One day Jack asked me, 'What color do you see for Monday?' 'What?' I said distractedly. 'Do you see days as colors?"

Raising five children would be challenge enough for most parents, but when one of them has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, life becomes a bit more chaotic, a lot more emotional, and full of fascinating glimpses into a unique child's different way of thinking. In this moving memoir, Carrie Cariello invites us to take a peek into exactly what it takes to get through each day juggling the needs of her whole family. Through hilarious mishaps, honest insights, and heartfelt letters addressed to her children, she shows us the beauty and wonder of raising a child who views the world through a different lens, and how ultimately autism changed her family for the better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784500948
Publisher:	Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date:	01/21/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	295,063
File size:	998 KB

About the Author

Carrie Cariello lives in Southern New Hampshire with her husband, Joe, and their five children. Her second child, Jack, is on the autism spectrum. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, Autism Spectrum News, and has been published in several local parenting magazines. She is a frequent speaker at autism events, and she blogs regularly about Jack, autism, and motherhood at www.carriecariello.com.

Table of Contents

Note to Self. Early Days. Jack. Beware the Busy Urologist. Snowflakes. Making Progress: Stretch, Don't Break. My Paper Boy. When We Can't Find the Words. Cookies for Dad. A Letter to Henry. Lessons at the YMCA. The People We Meet. Dogs on Parade. A Letter to Joey. What Does Heaven Look Like? Obsession. Karate. A Letter to Rose. Anxiety and Medication. Cariello Cruise. A Letter To Charlie. Believe and Breathe. The Autism in All of Us. Signs. A Letter From Joey. Where We Are Now. A Letter to Jack. Glossary of Terms.

Editorial Reviews

As the Cariello family faces challenges and fears, readers find wisdom and inspiration in an ingenious love that never gives up. This is a family you'll hold to your heart long after you've turned the book's last page

Mary Johnson

... a positive perspective on the challenges of raising a child with autism... The strength of Carrie and Joe and the love that they obviously share for each other and their family are incredibly inspiring.

Doug Flutie