A Child Called Noah

Greenfeld, Josh. (1972). A child called Noah: A family journey. New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston This is book tells the story of a family with a child named Noah that is Autistic. Josh Greenfeld is an author by trade but displays a unique perspective on his families struggles with Noah. He has chosen to write this book as a collection of journal entries, as he says in the opening, “Let me cull some …

…that perhaps they are to concerned with Noah and should consider having another child. Josh responds that Noah is like having ten children and the doctor nods in agreement and this end the argument. This was a wonderful book one which I think that special educators should read to better understand the struggles that are faced at home, to better understand the perspective of the parents that we will be meeting with throughout our careers.