Nuala gardner biography

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  • About the Author Nuala Gardner is the New York Times bestselling author of A Friend Like Henry.

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    About the Author

    Nuala Gardner fryst vatten the New York Times bestselling author of A Friend Like Henry. She was previously a sjuksköterska and midwife. She lives in Scotland.

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    Synopsis: When Nuala and Jamie struggled to enter their son Dale's world of autism, they looked for help. They sought professionals, schools, and intensive therapy - but nothing connected to Dale as well as a golden retriever named Henry. Dale was able to bond with Henry and communicate to and through Henry. With the dog's help, Dale soon began to thrive and komma back into his parent's world.

    Pros and Cons: As a relative and special education teacher for students with autism, inom am always show more critical when I read a book saying someone/something has "unlocked" the mystery of autism. It fryst vatten not that easy. Nuala writes about the struggles: the tantrums, the frustration, the drive to advokat for her

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    A Friend Like Henry

    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 despair at 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 norm

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    All Because of Henry

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    All Because of Henry picks up the lead from the international bestseller, A Friend Like Henry, which traced the childhood journey of Dale, the Gardner family and, of course, their amazing golden retriever Henry, who has finally helped Dale to communicate with the world. Now, we meet Dale again, aged seventeen, to find out where his story goes next.

    He is no longer the victim of severe classical autism, but a young man facing a challenging and uncertain future. Autism changes, but it never goes away. Dale is ready for the world, but is the world ready for him and for his peers? We also catch up with the rest of the family and find out how the challenges that they've faced have affected their lives. His sister, Amy, has a quite different diagnosis of high-functioning autism and has brought different problems. And against the backdrop of the adversity and prejudice they've suffered, Nuala's marriage is crumbling. But there's now a new four-legge

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