Make a Wish for Me: A Family’s Recovery from Autism

In this deeply felt memoir, Chergey shares her very personal story of living with her son’s autism. With direct prose, Chergey’s story pulls at readers’ heart strings as she pushes through the challenges of her son’s diagnosis, his difficulties with speech and sleep, the search for adequate medical care and a supportive school environment, and the stigma attached to the disorder. The sincerity of Chergey’s story gives readers with no personal experience of autism an eye-opening account; for those living within the world of autism, Chergey offers hope. “Sometimes acceptance has to punch you in the gut to make its point,” she admits. Drawing on medical, school, and church communities and immediate family, Chergey and her husband use every ounce of energy to create a network of people who “get it” and can help him be comfortably autistic and happy. Even if autism has not touched a reader personally, the intimacy and optimism with which Chergey writes will resonate with many readers. [em](BookLife) [/em]