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099			_a06:00.a MUKH.c 2003
100	1		_aMukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi. _93572
245	1	4	_aThe mind tree : _ba miraculous child breaks the silence of autism / _cTito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay.
250			_a1st North American ed.
260			_aNew York : _bArcade Pub., _c2003.
300			_axii, 212 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
520			_aThe Mind Tree is truly an enthralling read. Although he is severely autistic and nearly nonverbal, Tito’s ability to communicate through his extraordinary writing is astonishing. At the age of three, Tito was diagnosed with severe autism. But his mother, with boundless hope and determination, read to him and taught him to write in English. She also challenged him to write his own stories. The result of their efforts is this remarkable book—written when he was eight to eleven years old—comprised of profound and startling philosophical prose and poetry. During a New York Times interview, Tito scrawled on a yellow pad, “I need to write . . . It has become a part of me.”
650		0	_aChildhood _937
650		0	_aCommunication _9374
650		0	_aCommunicating with people who have significant developmental disabilities _9303
650		0	_aFacilitated Communication (FC) _9587
650		0	_aControversies _9672
650		0	_aAutobiographies and memoirs _9235
650		0	_aFiction and poetry _996
650		0	_aAugmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) _9373
650		0	_aBooks by autistic authors _9355
650		0	_aNonspeaking autistic people _9372
942			_2AIDE _cBOOKS
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