A Road Less Traveled; A Father's Odyssey Through Autism

Zach was two months shy of his third birthday when he was diagnosed with autism and as he struggled to understand and adapt to the world around him, his father struggled to understand the diagnosis and the means to help him. Feeling devastated about his son, Eric's inability to cope and accept his son for the unique person he had become and not for the diagnosis he was given caused Eric to spiral into severe depression resulting in hospitalization. In this story, Eric Griffith gives a real and honest view of raising a child with autism from a father's perspective and a family's effort to make a better future for their child. A Road Less Traveled chronicles the impact an autism diagnosis has on the family, the battle to find funding and programming, the conflict about what causes autism, testing of one's faith, coping with negative public perceptions, the fun and humor Zach brings to the lives around him, and providing hope for a child with disability that has no cure. This story will inspire, humor, and touch on every human emotion of all parents.