Special Needs Fatherhood, Autism & Breaking the Isolation Trap - John Fela
What happens when afather receives a life-altering autism diagnosis for his son and realizes thattraditional expectations of "fixing" problems and silently carryingthe financial load completely break down in the face of disability?
John Fela, M.Ed. is a national disability advocate, publicspeaker, former educator of nearly 20 years, and the author of Faith Like My Father: A Special Needs Dad's Journey of Faith andRedemption. When his son Christopher was diagnosed with severe,non-verbal autism, John was thrust into the unmapped world of special needsparenting. Lacking community and struggling…
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