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" Running with Walker : "
Robert Hughes.
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BL
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963028
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b717398
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| Main Entry
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Hughes, Robert,1949-
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Running with Walker : : a memoir /\ Robert Hughes.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Jessica Kingsley,, 2003.
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1 online resource (236 pages) :: illustrations
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1417501103
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: 1843107554
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: 1846424062
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: 9781417501106
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: 9781843107552
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: 9781846424069
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1843107554
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| Contents
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Running with Walker: A Memoir; Contents; Prologue Christmas Party, 1997; Chapter 1 A New Cult; Chapter 2 "Denial"; Chapter 3 Brothers; Chapter 4 Yes and No; Chapter 5 Child Development to the Rescue; Chapter 6 Homeschooling I: Cemetery School; Chapter 7 Homeschooling II: Running With Walker; Chapter 8 The Two Walkers; Chapter 9 "Nothing is Written"; Chapter 10 Maureen; Chapter 11 Yearning; Chapter 12 The Apocalypse; Chapter 13 Davy Crashes; Chapter 14 Liftoff ?; Chapter 15 Apocalypse, Again; Chapter 16 Hope; Epilogue June 2001
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By the time he was three, Walker's parents were concerned enough about his delayed development to consult a paediatric neurologist. Doctors diagnosed autism and issued a grim prognosis: 'I hold out no hope for this child'. But they hadn't accounted for Walker's intelligence, affection, and sense of humour - or for the remarkable bonds that grew within his family. Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the s.
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Autism in children.
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Autistic children.
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Autism in children.
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Autistic children.
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Biography: General.
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Child Care Upbringing.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Psychopathology-- Schizophrenia.
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616.89820092
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RJ506.H84 2003eb
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