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Author Waites, Junee.

Title Smiling at shadows : a mother's journey through heartache and joy / Junee Waites and Helen Swinbourne
Published Sydney, N.S.W. ; London : HarperCollins, 2001

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 W'PONDS  616.89820092 Waites Wai/Sas  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Summary As a baby, Dane Waites didn't smile at his parents, or meet their gaze - Dane smiled at the shadows of moving trees. Dane was five years old when his mother, reading a book about Autism, recognised that Dane had the classic symptoms of this pervasive developmental disorder. This book tells the story of Dane and his family -- Cover
Notes Includes index
Subject Waites, Dane.
Waite family.
Autistic children -- Australia -- Bega (N.S.W.) -- Biography.
Parents of autistic children -- Australia -- Bega (N.S.W.) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Swinbourne, Helen.
ISBN 0732268745