Love Tears and Autism: An Australian Mother's Journey From Heartbreak to Hope

I really enjoyed reading this journey of love by Cecily. I liked how it was arranged too. Sometimes, I got a little thrown off about how she kept going back in time every chapter to when he was first diagnosed or before then. However, I came to realize this was for organization. There were so many, many factors to the diagnosis it would have been messy had she dealt with them all as they happened. Instead, she took each issue and wrote about it to the end, so that anyone dealing with that issue themselves can read it from start to finish. Chapter 15 """"Angry on the Couch"""" was my favourite; true love was something I had to learn with my sons. Chapter 17 """"Dealing with the Aftermath"""" was very interesting as a spiritual journey. I enjoyed reading this, not because I have an autistic child, but just as an autobiographical sort of read. It had some good points I could walk away with to make sure I'm a better person and a better mother.

Love, Tears & Autism speaks about the author's experiences of her son's autism diagnosis and the path their family then took with him. The love and tears of the title are just as evident as the autism, but what I appreciated most about this book is that some of the uglier and less socially acceptable emotions we have as humans in a tough place are also shared. It's great to have an author include those, not glossing over them but also not flaunting them, simply saying, this is where I was and what I was feeling and it was tough. Useful resources and information included at the end of each chapter.