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"Autism's Stepchild is the story of a mother's unfailing struggle over two decades to find adequate care for her daughter Jean. Misdiagnosed and misunderstood Jean had a condition that today would be understood to be autism. Erik Erikson became interested in her and counseled her family. She became the chapter ""Early Ego Failure"" in his classic book, Childhood and Society. Phyllis D. Grilikhes, the author of this volume, worked with Jean after Erikson left and followed her through adolescence into adulthood to the present day."

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Autism's Stepchild is a wonderfully insightful book about the author's relationship with a young autistic girl and her mother. At a time when we are seeing ever more autism in young children, Grilikhes points to a way of successful therapy in her interaction with both mother and daughter. - Antonia Bercovici. Ph.D.

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Phyllis D. Grilikhes is publishing her second book, Autism's Stepchild, A Mother's Story. Her first book, a poetic narrative, To Set A Light In Every Tunnel: The Story of a Life was published by Regent Press in 2008. She has recently retired after almost thirty years of teaching and mentoring students at City College of San Francisco. A former dancer, she is at present an author, licensed psychologist, a classical pianist and tapestry maker . . . who believes that we are all more than one thing.

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