I wrote a post quite awhile back about how recovery stories were so important to me early on in this journey with Roo (Recovery From Autism Spectrum Disorders). I have come across many more stories since that time, and at first intended to add them to that post, but it didn't seem quite fitting. I have decided instead to post another collection here.
Stan Kurtz, the father of a recovered child, set up this site to share stories of recovery from autism.
Our Journey with Autism is from a family's sweet blog.
Amanda's Journey
Daniel's Recovery From Autism (this is a webinar that will happen in August of 2014)
Hidden Recovery (a blog by a the mom of a recovered child)
Raun Kaufman is the CEO of the Autism Treatment Center of America (providers of the Son-Rise Program), and is himself recovered from autism. I had the opportunity to hear him speak several years back, and it was amazing. I had heard many people dismiss his story of recovery, saying that he was clearly still autistic. I saw nothing like that at all. Hearing him speak was deeply inspiring to me.
Autism in not Forever: Bill and Jo Krueger and their daughter Chanel.
Stories of recovery from the Dana's View site
Meet Simon- Fully Recovered From Autism is an interview with a man who has recovered, talking about the experience.
My Bad Ass Autism Survivor Story by Julia Berle, who is the mother of a recovered child, provides some insight into the gray areas around recovery, including the idea that recovery itself may also be a spectrum.
Autism Yesterday is a short documentary about several kids who have recovered from Autism.
Reversing Autism is a short film introducing the biomed approach but includes discussion of recovery and recovered kids.
This is a TED talk given by a girl who is recovered, and her father, about her experience of the process. I found it so deeply moving.
