My 70th audiobook released yesterday, and it’s the one I’m most proud of.
WE WALK: LIFE WITH SEVERE AUTISM by Amy S.F. Lutz is one of those books that makes you think from all sides and feel with every emotion, about humanity. All its quirks, all its flaws, all its struggles, and all its joys.
Judith Newman’s review in the New York Times affirms WE WALK “clears a path for us toward kindness and understanding” for people with autism.
Indeed it does.
I’m honored to have narrated this memoir/biography about Amy and her son Jonah.
From the Publisher:
In this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experience – the positive and the negative – as a mother of a now 21-year-old son with severe autism. Lutz’s human emotion drives through each moment and challenges commonly held ideas that define autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. We Walk is inspired by her own questions: What is the place of intellectually and developmentally disabled people in society? What responsibilities do we, as citizens and human beings, have to one another? Who should decide for those who cannot decide for themselves? What is the meaning of religion to someone with no abstract language? Exploring these questions, We Walk directly – and humanly – examines social issues such as inclusion, religion, therapeutics, and friendship through the lens of severe autism.
In a world where public perception of autism is largely shaped by the “quirky geniuses” featured on television shows like The Big Bang Theory and The Good Doctor, We Walk demands that we center our debates about this disorder on those who are most affected by its impacts.
WE WALK is available on Amazon, Audible, and (soon) on iTunes/Apple Books.