My wife’s stirring speech at her book launch.
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This is the speech I gave at the book launch. I hope you will find it interesting :-
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“When you are gifted with a child, you may not even be fully aware of it, but that child’s future lies mapped out in the back of your mind. A future that may include mundane things like a particular school, or college, or gainful employment … or special things like marriage, and children.
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But even if it includes none of those things, above anything else, it will include sharing.
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Sharing thoughts and ideas and jokes and opinions.
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Sharing conversation.
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When a child is diagnosed with autism, that future is wiped away from you. Now you are faced with a child who may never talk, will probably need a specialised education, is unlikely to go to college, may never marry or have children. A child who may…
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