House Rules: the powerful must-read story of a mother's unthinkable choice by the number one bestselling author of A Spark of Light

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There is a wooden stake with police tape (yellow, not orange) fluttering in the wind, and a very visible trail of footprints. If things get really bad, pressure helps – like lying under a weighted blanket or a pile of laundry.

House Rules is a sort of "Primer on Asperger's" for people who may not otherwise seek out information on the condition. He’d ask why, after a sexual assault, the victim would still be wearing his underwear if other items of clothing were still removed.Each day follows a specific colour, for example, Friday is blue day - only blue food and only blue clothes.

He was six feet tall and 200 pounds, but profoundly autistic – and the smallest things would set him off in frustration, since he couldn’t tell us what he wanted or needed. I dive into the bushes, where I hold my breath and watch the boy spill out of the van first, wearing hockey gear. All of the hallmark behaviors of Asperger's -- not looking someone in the eye, stimulatory tics and twitches, flat affect -- can look a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel. The most contentious parts of the interviews I did with AS parents, however, involved the vaccine debate in this country. He then yapped for ten straight minutes about the Connecticut pathologist who’d worked on major cases like OJ Simpson and Scott Peterson and Elizabeth Smart.He’d analyze why there was only superficial blood – that pink transfer on the snow, without any dripping or spatter.