Finding Lina: A Mother's Journey from Autism to Hope
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510704183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Agnieszka C. Finding Lina is a beautiful inspirational story of a mother, Helena, and her daughter, Lina, who has autism. Before I read this book, I had no idea of the struggles and many challenges families with autistic kids go through every day. I admire Helena for her passionate spirit that never gives up in the constant search to better her daughter's life in every possible way. I recomend this book to anyone with kids or without. This touching story brings awareness to how much we don't know about autism and ho
She also explains how a special-needs kid affects the rest of the family—in her case, her younger girl and her now ex-husband, Skyhorse publisher Tony Lyons. Then, after receiving her second MMR vaccine, she experienced a seizure and was diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus. --Karen Springen . How that relates to Lina’s autism is left in question. Over the years, the family moves often, trying to find better neighborhoods and schools for Lina, whose behavior includes hitting, biting, peeing on the floor, and trying to run away. The family tries everything, including acupuncture, herbal remedies, and dietary changes, while Hjalmarsson remains remarkably positive. Strangers can be alarmingly judgmental and unsympathetic. Until she was three, Lina (now nine
With the help of her ex, angelic babysitters, Lina’s exceptionally empathetic younger sister, and supportive friends, Hjalmarsson manages to create a meaningful life for Lina, and for herselfa life of love and transcendence.Lina, for all her challenges, has much to teach, and Hjalmarsson is a receptive student: finding joy in moments of connection, learning to live in the present, taking nothing for granted, accepting what others find unbearable, and finding a strength and spiritual base for inspiration and healing.Unflinchingly honest and courageous, Finding Lina will open the eyes and hearts and minds of all parents, whether they have a child with autism or not.. She engages in lengthy daily intensive one-on-one sessions. Lina is nine.Special schools, restrictive diets, sensory stimulation, relationship-based therapy, gastrointestinal links, homeopathy, and allergy treatment are all explored in detail. Hjalmarsson finds out what helps Lina and what doesn’t. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the los