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A Friend Like Henry

Nuala Gardner

Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 2663 Users | 359 Reviews

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Original Title:	A Friend Like Henry
ISBN:	0340934018 (ISBN13: 9780340934012)
Edition Language:	English

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This is the inspiring account of a family's struggle to break into their son's autistic world - and how a dog made the real difference. Dale was still a baby when his parents realised that something wasn't right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors, before finally hearing the word 'autism' for the first time in a specialist's office. Scared but determined that Dale should live a fulfilling life, Nuala describes her despairat her son's condition, her struggle to prevent Dale being excluded from a 'normal' education and her sense of hopeless isolation. Dale's autism was severe and violent and family life was a daily battleground. But the Gardner's lives were transformed when they welcomed a gorgeous Golden Retriever into the family. The special bond between Dale and his dog Henry helped them to produce the breakthrough in Dale they had long sought. From taking a bath to saying 'I love you', Henry helped introduce Dale to all the normal activities most parents take for granted, and set him on the road to being the charming and well-adjusted young man he is today. This is a heartrending and fascinating account of how one devoted and talented dog helped a little boy conquer his autism.

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Title	:	A Friend Like Henry
Author	:	Nuala Gardner
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	July 26th 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Animals. Dogs

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When Dale was born his mother noticed that he had trouble communicating and had behavioural problems.She suspected that her son was autistic but health professionals seemed happier to blame the parents for the way Dale behaved.This is her struggle to be heard and to find a way into Dale's lonely world. Very heavy going and I couldn't keep reading about every tantrum the boy had.I was getting mentally tired with the story!

Before reading this book all I knew about autism was that those afflicted with it didn't make eye contact and seemed to be emotionally closed off. This book opened my eyes to what autism is, how incredibly hard both the suffer and parents must work so that they get the right schooling and then succeed in that schooling, and what those strange behaviors may indicate that they are suffering. I found this book fascinating and especially educational for me.

Incredible. Deeply emotional. A story of desperation. A story of perseverance. And a story of hope. With A Friend Like Henry, Nuala Gardner shares her experience of how a dog transformed her son, Dale, from a severely autistic boy into a mature student. It describes each and every one of her significant experiences with detail and forms a collection of memories that captures Dale's journey to defeating autism. Overall, A Friend Like Henry is an exceedingly powerful piece that gives the reader a

This is first and foremost, a book about children with autism. If you have little interest on the topic and go into it thinking it's a book about dog, well, you will be disappointed (and very bored). Henry the lovely golden retriever accounts for maybe only a quarter, or even less, of the book. While I wished Nuala had written much, much more specifics on how Henry helped Dale, I find her journey in parenting and infertility extremely humbling and awe-inspiring. Even if you disagree with her

What a wonderful book about a dog that changes the lives of two children with Autism. Yes, it was a heartwarming story about a Golden Retriever, but it was so much more than that. I found myself riveted by the Gardners' story and how as a family they learned about raising children with Autism.

A harrowing & inspirational true story of the Gardner family written from the mother's perspective in honest, blunt language.This is not a flowery, descriptive telling, it is a matter-of-fact recount of day to day life with a severely autistic child. Nuala & Jamie's fight to have Dale's autism recognised & officially diagnosed, the anger & sadness, the depths of despair reached, the exhaustion & the small triumphs that kept them going. The all-consuming struggle to break into

I wanted to read a book about how dogs can have a therapeutic role in treating autism. But this book read like someone's annual Christmas newsletter. It was dry and personal and not very informative.