Following Ezra

A heartwarming intimate and amusing memoir of a fathers experience raising his autistic son. When Tom Fields-Meyers son Ezra was three and showing early signs of autism a therapist suggested that the father needed to grieve. For what? Tom asked. The answer: For the child he didn''t turn out to be. That moment helped strengthen the authors resolve to do just the opposite: to love the child Ezra was a quirky boy with a fascinating and complex mind. Full of tender moments and unexpected humor Following Ezra is the story of a father and son on a ten-year journey from Ezras diagnosis to the dawn of his adolescence. It celebrates his growth from a toddler to an extraordinary young man connected in his own remarkable ways to the world around him. And through Ezras eyes Tomand in turn the readergains a new and beautiful understanding of the world.