Publisher's Synopsis
With the 1976 publication of SON-RISE Barry Kaufman told the worldabout his family's journey with their autistic son, Raun, diagnosed asincurable, a mute with an IQ of under 30. The Kaufman's refused to accept theprognosis, and after three years of working with Raun using a programme basedon unconditional love and acceptance, the results were astonishing: Raun wasfunctioning above his age level. This new expanded edition of SON RISEnow a million-selling title, takes Raun's story from this astonishing childhoodrebirth to his attendance, now at the age of twenty, at one ofAmerica's top universities, and of the Kaufman's continuing work with thousandsof families with special children. This is a unique book, praised by DeepakChopra as inspiring, groundbreaking, visonary.
