Non-Verbal

By Molly Zenk

Publisher:-Cayelle

Blurb:-14-year-old severely autistic middle schooler Emerson Rayne's words disappeared when she was fifteen months old, but that didn't mean she had no voice. By three, doctors labelled her with autism spectrum disorder, functionally non-verbal, sensory processing disorder, and intellectual disability.

 What Emerson can't say is that there is a fire inside her waiting to ignite and a wolf stuck in her throat ready to howl. Emerson can't control her behaviour. It controls her. Emerson's difficult but manageable frustrations turn to self-injurious behaviours, and mental and emotional instability. She navigates friendships, bullies, and overly stressed parents, who fight to find her support and treatment in health and education systems that have little options for teens with intensive needs.

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My Review:-This book was very close to my heart. After working with children with special needs and seeing both children and parents of those that have lost their words is very hard and challenging. They have so many positive things going for them, but get looked at differently by both family and the general public (not all but a some).  We meet Emerson a 14-year-old girl that lost her words at 15-months-old. Her parents relationship isn't good. They are all exhausted and frustrated, but especially her mam. Her mam blames herself like any mother would and only wants the best for her daughter. This story is emotional but also light hearted. We learn through the story about ASD and how it effects the whole family.