United in Autism: Finding Strength Inside the Spectrum

A diagnosis of autism can rock a family's world. The toll it takes on everyone involved can be one of isolation; a child who doesn't respond to the world around them, a parent who gives dedication, patience and love - often with no expressible love given back. It's a messy equation with huge emotional and financial costs.
As a mother of a daughter with autism, Julie Hornok has experienced her fair share of these parenting challenges, and now brings together thirty inspiring and heartfelt stories from parents raising children from all places on the spectrum and from all corners of the world. These mothers and fathers have experienced some of the worst of what this disorder can do, but in seeking help, they found it...and more. Now they pay it forward by sharing their accounts and giving back to the autism community. United in Autism: Finding Strength inside the Spectrum offers understanding, comfort and hope as well as global allies and strength to those who feel alone.

About the Author
Hornok, Julie: - When her daughter, Lizzie, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, Julie Hornok jumped into researching and implementing a thirty-hours-a-week home-therapy program. A few years later, as her daughter made good progress, Julie founded the non-profit, United in Autism, which provides pampering events that bring autism moms hope and acceptance. She has published short stories in multiple Chicken Soup for the Soul books and is a 2017 Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition Award Winner. Her work has also appeared in Scary Mommy, Parenting Special Needs Magazine, Autism Parenting Magazine, The Mighty, That's Inappropriate, Finding Cooper's Voice, and many more. Julie is passionate about supporting families with autism and lives in Texas with her husband and three children. www.UnitedinAutism.com