Don't Pull Your Sister's Hair

<p class=p1><b><i>Don't Pull Your Sister’s Hair</i> is the story of Sam Flood Jr.-the boy who didn’t speak until he was five has become a man who wants to tell stories for a living.</b></p><p class=p1>Sam Flood was born on January 1 1994 two weeks late. Walking and running at ten months he didn’t speak until age five. From the outset Sam seemed to have his own idea for how life should be writes his father in the opening chapter in which Sam pieces together his memories with stories told by his family to describe what it was like for Sam to express himself from pulling his sister Eliza’s hair to wandering to Häauml;agen-Dazs at age three.</p><p class=p1>Sam’s inability to speak concerned his parents who consulted doctors to figure out what was wrong. One specialist said Sam would never graduate from high school let alone go to college. Turning to writing reading and his own sense of humor to cope with constant bullying for his differences Sam proved them wrong earning a BA from Mitchell College in Connecticut.</p><p class=p1>Any family can find hope in Sam’s story. Anyone who feels different misunderstood bullied or unfairly treated in life can find light in the way Sam charted his course. This is a story of neurodiversity but it’s not just for people dealing with ADHD autism or any other diagnostic label because everyone has unique ways of thinking processing and behaving. </p><p class=p1><i>Don’t Pull Your Sister’s Hair</i> is about the moments where neurodiversity creates opportunity. It’s the story of what’s possible.</p>