I Wish I Were Engulfed in Flames: My Insane Life Raising Two Boys With Autism

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Welcome to the down and dirty world of one autism moms journeyfrom Sex-Ed to Santa Claus.

Jeni Decker is five-foot nothing and one-hundred and [redacted] poundsa self described roly-poly, forty-somet

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In her no-holds-barred storytelling style, her prose peppered with blunt and profane language, Ms. Decker delivers the autism family in a new light: Vexing, prone to mischief, and painfully funny. . . . As a father of an 11-year-old autistic boy, I can relate to the unchartered journey a parent and spectrum child take when the diagnosis the hard truth emerges about a kid s developmental issues. Thus, the joy in Ms. Decker s book is not only her self-deprecating humor, as mother-as-fireman putting out the boys daily fires of trouble, but the lessons and observations she shares that transcend all family types, cultures, and backgrounds. --James O. Grundvig

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Jeni Decker lives on a farm in rural Michigan with her husband, two autistic sons, an Australian shepherd, and an albino frog named Humbert Humbert. In between kid-wrangling and writing, she is also an independent filmmaker. You can find her at her website closetspacemusings.blogspot.com or on Twitter @Jeni_Decker.