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Nuala Gardner 2008 on 'A Friend Like Henry'

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Nuala Gardner

Introduction

A Friend Like Henry is such a brilliant story of how a dog helped an autistic boy communicate; Nuala Gardner Henry's mother has very kindly answered some questions for us.


Interview

DH: I loved this story of Dale and his dog Henry who helped to unlock his world. How as a family did you cope with this extraordinary situation?

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A Friend Like Henry

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Author
Nuala Gardner
Genre
Autism
Non Fiction
Review

This is the remarkable story of a boy named Dale, whose parents fought from day one to get him help. They were called neurotic, disturbed, non-functioning and and off course, had no parental interactive skills with their son Dale. It took until they travelled down from Gourock in Ayrshire to Nottingham to get a proper diagnosis for their son of Autism.
Prior to this he was just a late developer, stubborn, unruly and a spoilt brat! But on gaining the diagnosis people's attitude started to change towards them and then got him into a special nursery school.

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