Description:
What do you do when you receive an autism diagnosis and suddenly have hundreds of questions-and very few answers that reflect real life?
What Pau Taught Us grew out of our family's story, but it is much more than that.
In these pages, I share our journey, from Pau's earliest signs and diagnosis to therapies, communication, challenging behaviors, sensory difficulties, school, intense interests, food, independence, and the many decisions we had to make as we learned to understand our son.
But this book also brings together everything I wish someone had explained to me when we were starting out: the strategies that helped us, the resources we discovered, what worked for Pau and what did not, our mistakes, our observations, and the lessons we learned along the way.
You will find no magic formulas or promises that what worked for our son will work for everyone. Every child is different. This is the real experience of a family that learned by observing, asking questions, trying, making mistakes, and trying again.
For a long time, I thought our job was to teach Pau how to navigate the world.
Over the years, I came to understand that, while we were trying to teach him so many things, he was transforming us, too.
This is a book about autism, yes. But it is also a book about motherhood, family, fear, learning, hope, and the kind of love that forever changes the way you see life.
A true story, practical tools, and everything one family learned when they began to see the world through their son's eyes.