The Scenic Route: Embracing the Detours, Roadblocks, and Unexpected Joys of Raising an Autistic Child

Author: Leigh Merryday Porch
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593328729

About the Author
Leigh Merryday Porch is the author of the popular autism parenting blog Flappiness Is and a veteran educator and academic coach with a master's in autism spectrum disorders. An Advanced Certified Autism Specialist, she provides training in autism awareness for schools, civic organizations, and law enforcement, and has presented at disability-related conventions. Her writing has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul for Parents Raising Kids on the Spectrum, The Huffington Post, and The Child Mind Institute. Porch has also been featured and interviewed in People, Good Morning America, The Atlantic, Autism Live, and Inside Edition. She resides in small-town Northeast Florida with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of poorly behaved animals her training in behavioral interventions has had no effect on.