Dear family and friends, You may or may not have heard that our youngest son, Rupert, is severely autistic. At 5 years old, he is totally nonverbal, not toilet trained, almost totally disconnected from his older brothers and sisters and only nominally relates to Joanna and myself. Like every other set of parents, we want our child to fulfill his potential. Without special intervention, our little boy’s future is extremely limited. However, in the last few weeks we’ve found a center that is having high levels of success bringing children through their state of autism: The Son-Rise Program® at the Autism Treatment Center of America™ (for more information see their website: autismtreatment). The center which runs The Son-Rise Program is not a direct miracle, but it seems like a door we’ve been praying would open to provide a process miracle. Joanna and I plan to travel to London in August and again in November, for two weekends of focused and intensive training. Through this training we will be able to work more effectively with Rupert over the next several years to help him through his autism. The success rate of The Son-Rise Program instills hope in us for his freedom from this mysterious condition. It is difficult for us to understand fully the issue of autism and reversing it in Rupert, but we are diligently trying to do so for the sake of his future. In order for us to attend the training sessions, we must come up with the money for the training and expense of travel. Of course, we will personally carry as much of this as we can, but with a small income and five dependents, we will need some help. Therefore, we are asking family and friends that can do so, to consider helping us with the expenses associated with this training. It is not our intentions to place you in an awkward position and we assure you that we fully understand and respect the fact that you may not be able to help. However, if you can, we will forever appreciate it. We hope to begin the intensive starter course on August 2nd - 4th, so your rapid response will really help. We would not ask this favour if it was for us, but our concern for Rupert compels us to humble ourselves and ask. Thanks for reading this and for any financial help you might be able to give. With sincere thanks, Stephen and Joanna please share.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:53:30 +0000
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