Autism, The Invisible Cord

"Ezra looks like any other sixth grader with faded jeans, turned around cap and a mess of chestnut curls. You see, my brother is like any other eleven-year-old . . . except when he isn't." Autism, The Invisible Cord follows 14-year-old Jenny as she descri

Barbara Cain, MSW, is a clinical supervisor at the University of Michigan's Psychological Clinic. Cain is also the author of several children's books on divorce, ambivalence, shyness, and diverse family structures, including two (Pagination Press books: Double Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions and I Don't Know WhyI Guess I'm Shy. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and Teen magazine. She also conducts a private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan.