★ A warm book for families of children with autism, drawn from the practical experience of a mother walking the same path -- a two-way healing between mother and child.

★ Drawing on 18 years of companionship, the author records how both mother and son changed, and offers fellow parents the warmth and moral support of someone who knows the joys and sorrows of an autism family from the inside.

★ Structured as "Q&A + narrative + method", it clarifies what autism is, its causes and the critical window for intervention, corrects common public misconceptions, and helps readers build a scientific, rational understanding.

★ Bringing together knowledge from several disciplines, the author shares workable approaches including 4C Cognitive Drawing (a therapeutic drawing tool for children with autism), individualised development and inclusive education, for autism families and special education professionals.

★ For parents of autistic children, special education practitioners, rehabilitation therapists, psychology students and faculty, social workers, charity professionals, and general readers concerned with children with special needs.

The book records the growth and transformation of the autistic child. It also records the small moments of the parents' companionship and the understandings they arrived at along the way. One scene of ordinary daily life follows another, and through them a reader comes to understand the joys and sorrows of an autism family. For parents on the same road, the book offers warmth that comes from shared experience, and moral support of the kind that only someone who has lived it can give. Drawing on 18 years of real companionship, the author sets down the full transformation of both mother and son.

Zheng Tingting
Works on children's mental health and focuses on developing 4C Cognitive Drawing, a therapeutic tool for children with autism.
She has long provided public-interest support, parent training and counselling to families of children with autism.