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Book SynopsisIn this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experiencethe positive and the negativeas a mother of a now twenty-one-year-old son with severe autism. Lutz''s human emotion drives through each page and challenges commonly held ideas that define autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. We Walk is inspired by her own questions: What is the place of intellectually and developmentally disabled people in society? What responsibilities do we, as citizens and human beings, have to one another? Who should decide for those who cannot decide for themselves? What is the meaning of religion to someone with no abstract language? Exploring these questions, We Walk directlyand humanlyexamines social issues such as inclusion, religion, therapeutics, and friendship through the lens of severe autism.
In a world where public perception of autism is largely shaped by the quirky geniuses featured on television shows like The Big Ban
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What makes We Walk so moving is that Lutz envisions an inclusivity that does not deny reality. We Walk manages to be both heartwarming and cerebral. It clears a path for us toward kindness and understanding.
* The New York Times *
Table of Contents1. We Walk
2. Physical Guidance
3. Answers and Questions
4. The Next Time
5. Just Say Yes
6. All Possible Spaces
7. Praesidalism
8. The Child Who Does Not Know How to Ask
9. Baseline
