Fresh Air Interview: Dr. Dan Gottlieb
Family therapist and call-in radio host Dan Gottlieb has helped many people through some of the most difficult passages in their lives. He's also endured a great deal of physical and emotional pain of his own: More than 30 years ago, a car accident left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Four years ago, Gottlieb wrote a series of letters about being different to his young grandson Sam, who had been diagnosed with autism. The letters were collected in Gottlieb’s book, Letters to Sam.
Gottlieb has now authored a second book about his unique relationship with his grandson, called The Wisdom of Sam: Observations on Life from an Uncommon Child. Gottlieb details how seeing the world from a different perspective is illuminating for both grandfather and grandson.
via Fresh Air Interview: Dr. Dan Gottlieb – ‘A Grandfather’s Message To His Autistic Grandson’ : NPR.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
I am lucky enough to live in the city where Dan Gottlieb works and does his amazing radio show, “Voices in the Family.” I am mesmerized by him every week. But I haven’t read his writing about his grandson. Thanks for the tip!