aving seen a newspaper excerpt from Charlotte Moore's account of her autistic sons, some parents wrote to complain that she had neglected the "grittier realities" of life as a single parent caring for children with autism.In fact, the book reveals a household smeared with excrement, olive oil, and ketchup, and details all manner of bizarre behaviours.What seems to have rankled is that Moore describes her family in a positive and often humorous way, and that she does not seem to feel sorry for herself.
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