

Not My Boy!
A Father, a Son, and One Family's Journey with Autism
Author: Rodney Peete, Danelle Morton
Narrator: Richard Allen
Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 03/16/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Family & Relationships
Synopsis
Autism affects four times as many boys as it does girls. For their fathers, expectations and hopes are drastically changed—NFL star Rodney Peete's were when his son R.J. was diagnosed at the age of three. After a period of anger and denial, an all-too-common reaction among fathers, Rodney joined his wife, Holly, in her efforts to help their son. With determination, love, and understanding, the family worked with R.J. to help him once again engage with the world. Eight challenging years later, R.J. has gone from the son one doctor warned would never say, "I love you," to a thriving, vibrant boy who scored his first soccer goal while his dad cheered from the sidelines.