This Mother Tore Off Labels And Nurtured Her Son’s Hidden Genius
March 19, 2014 11:19 AM   Subscribe

Kristine Barnett's son Jacob was diagnosed with autism when he was 2 Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob was diagnosed with autism when he was 2, and doctors said he would never speak. She tried special education programs and therapies aimed at addressing his limitations. When teachers told her there was no hope, she rebelled and took her own path. Instead of focusing on Jacob’s limitations, Kristine nurtured his interests. Now her 15-year-old son is on track to win a Nobel Prize for his work in theoretical physics. Kristine chronicles her son’s incredible journey and breakthrough in her book “The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing, Genius, and Autism.” http://themotherlist.com/mother-tore-label-nurtured-sons-hidden-genius/

I found that this approach to a child's needs based on the most basic parenting instinct to care for the child inspiring. Do we as a society accept what others say about us and our children too easily?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, posts really need to not have "this is my opinion about this" or discussion-prompt question stuff in them to work for the front page of Metafilter. -- cortex



 
Reads like a press release for this woman's upcoming book. None of the statements in this article seemed to have been fact-checked or confirmed, espcially the claim her son is up for the Nobel Prize.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 11:23 AM on March 19, 2014 [1 favorite]


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