They threw terms at me like high functioning, low functioning, severe, moderate and mild even levels one, two and three. It's like splitting a room in half and saying, OK, this part is this half of the room is stupid and this is half the room is smart.

FOREVER BOY | Kirkus Reviews

As a parent, Kate struggled to find the reality of who her son was and to not relinquish all the dreams she had for Cooper. After I learned to say the words, my son has autism out loud and that took me a long time to be able to do. Though they divorced, they became more committed to giving their children—especially Cooper, who had been diagnosed with severe, language-impeding autism—“their best life.The latest game - Super Meat Boy Forever - was released on December 23, 2020, for Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.

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Swenson describes her journey from denial to acceptance in a way that was realistic and forthright, compelling me to think about the repercussions that come in waves once a child is diagnosed with ASD. I love the friends that you don’t see for days, weeks, even months and the bond is still strong as ever. The love that we feel from true friends can be one of the most inspirational feelings we experience. She then took the yellow high heels and poured the remains of the bottle in them, and bonded them to his feet.

Teachers, parents and even siblings of children diagnosed with ASD should read this book and take to heart the lessons that the author learned. It felt like I was standing alone in that hallway with the white walls and white floors watching, Cooper told the line. And that comes with a double edged sword because the more followers you have, the more people with, you know, that aren't going to like you, the more hate you can get, the more famous you can get. I’ve had my own diagnosis man-splained to me (and he got it wrong—shocker) by a doctor who should have known better.