Smith Family
I'm An Autism Brother - What's Your Superpower
I'm An Autism Brother - What's Your Superpower
This is a book written through the eyes of six year old Max with the help of his mummy. It discusses his troubles and feelings surrounding his older sisters autism diagnosis and challenging behaviours.
He hopes by sharing his experiences it will help other children who have brothers and sisters who are going through the same feelings as Max
Background behind this book
Hello everyone me and my 8 year old son, Max, have written a book all about autism and behaviours.
Just a little background info we have three children Daisy who is 10 Max who is 8 and Jorgie-Rose who is almost 3. Daisy is diagnosed ASD, ADHD and SPD and Jorgie-Rose ASD none verbal, SPD and GDI. When Daisy was first diagnosed we found lots of helpful books and things to explain to Daisy however, we didn’t find very much to help to explain to Max who was 6 at the time. That is where the idea of this book came from, it is through the eyes of Max and focus’ on his feelings and worries around Daisy and autism.
Our aim is to hopefully help as many children like Max as possible and get them to understand it is normal to have lots of different feelings in this situation and that autism is something to be celebrated and each person is unique.
We are hoping that the book raises enough money to publish a second book which has been written and focuses on Jorgie-Rose being none verbal and trying to help siblings understand their behaviour.