Ralph Savarese on NPR, Mon., June 25, 11am

by Kristina Chew, PhD on June 24th, 2007

Earlier this month I wrote about walking and talking with Ralph Savarese, author of Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption—-at 11am on Monday, June 25th, you can hear him speaking live on NPR on the Diane Rehm show.

My sister mom-blogger MothersVox has written about the book—-and here is her photo of the Savarese family. I’ve written previously about Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption:

what’s love got to do with it
the rage we sometimes feel as we try to get our children what they need
the decision to adopt a severely disabled child
trauma and psychoanalysis and autism
DJ’s Prairie Dogs poem
the “black hole of autism” as a metaphor for how people used to (and sadly still do) think about a non-verbal autistic person

Ralph Savarese is a passionate speaker and a loving father, as you can hear at 11am on Monday morning.

Denise
Jun 25, 2007 at 1:40 pm

Just happened to catch this on NPR and thought Mr. Savarese was wonderful in how he explained his family, his book and his hopes for the future. Thanks
Club 166
Jun 25, 2007 at 4:53 pm

Just finished listening to this. Didn’t catch it live, but it’s on the Diane Rehm website:

http://wamu.org/programs/dr/

It’s well worth the listen. I suspect that this exposure will do more for the ND movement than a month’s worth of many blogs (not that I don’t think blogs are worthy-they just don’t have the general audience that an NPR program has).

Joe
Kristina Chew, PhD
Jun 25, 2007 at 5:12 pm

Great to hear something really positive!
Richard
Jun 25, 2007 at 11:01 pm

I went to Ralph Savarese’s book signing in D.C. tonight. He was great. He’s and eloquent and powerful speaker, and obviously a great writer. His wife and son were there, and the last 15 minutes or more were devoted to D.J.’s own text (voice), communicated by the Kurzweil computer voice. It was quite moving, and a testament to how much people with autism have to say about themselves and the world — when we find the right method to help them represent themselves. If Savarese and his family come to a venue near you definitely go see him.

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