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By Ozzie Roberts
\nWhen talking about her 17-year-old son, Jeremy, who copes with severe autism, Chantal
\nSicile-Kira, the author of two books on the developmental disorder, often says: \u201cThings
\nhappen for a reason. We all serve a purpose in some way.\u201d
\nHer husband, Daniel, a quiet, soft-spoken
\nguy, will give you a bit of a different take.
\n\u201cWhy was my son born with autism? Why
\ndid this happen to our family? I don’t know,\u201d
\nhe’ll say. \u201cIt’s just random selection. But
\n(we’ve) got to play with the cards (we’re)
\ndealt. That’s life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clearly, Chantal, 49, and Daniel, 53, have
\ngone ’round and ’round about their son’s
\ncondition.<\/p>\n
The Carmel Valley couple have been
\nmarried for more than 27 years and lived
\ntogether all over the United States, France
\nand Great Britain. And together, they’ve searched the two continents in often daunting
\nefforts to find effective help for their son through the years.
\nThe Sicile-Kiras get past their differences and stay united on one major consideration:
\nThey both want the best for Jeremy and his little sister, Rebecca, 13.
\nSo while Daniel supports the family as an architect, Chantal, who worked awhile in
\nrecreation therapy for kids with disabilities at a state hospital, stays at home to be a buoy
\nfor her own young.<\/p>\n
In the course, she’s joined the executive board of the San Diego Chapter of the Autism
\nSociety of America; she’s a national speaker for the cause; and she hosts a weekly 30-
\nminute Internet radio program on Autism One Radio (www.autismone.com) at 10:30
\na.m. Tuesdays. Every second Tuesday of the month, she hosts a program in French at 11
\na.m.<\/p>\n
Chantal also works as a volunteer for the Autism Society, helping coordinate such events
\nas the organization’s sixth annual gala fundraiser \u2013 \u201cAll Out for Autism\u201d \u2013 set for 6 p.m.
\nApril 15 at Sea World.<\/p>\n
Chantal wrote \u201cAutism Spectrum Disorders\u201d and \u201cAdolescents on the Autism Spectrum.\u201d
\nThey’re two books intended to help families of autistic children guide them into living as
\nindependently as possible and making their own informed decisions.
\nThe books teach people about autism and about where to go to get assistance for children
\n\u2013 keys, she says, to coping with the disorder.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdolescents,\u201d published by Perigee, a division of Penguin Group, was released last
\nmonth. Chantal celebrated with a book signing that was part of a fundraiser for the
\nAutism Society. It was held at the Poseidon Restaurant in Del Mar.
\n\u201cAutism Spectrum,\u201d also published in the U.S. by Perigee, and in the United Kingdom by
\nRandom House, in 2004, won the Autism Society’s Outstanding Literary Work of the
\nYear Award in 2005.<\/p>\n
She tells you that she put together the two books primarily on the strength of the
\neducation she and her family gained through their experiences with Jeremy. \u201cI figured if I
\nhad all this information amassed,\u201d she says, \u201cwhy not share it? (Most) people don’t know
\nhow to (relate to) autistic kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
And if the books help others, she adds, it reassures her that her family’s trials are actually
\nparts of the greater plan.<\/p>\n
Jeremy is breathing testament to the positives, Chantal vows.
\nA junior at Torrey Pines High, he speaks very little and has even less regard for
\nboundaries. He’ll walk right into your personal space \u2013 much the way he did last month
\nwhen I visited his family’s home for the first time.<\/p>\n
Gangly, with deep-set eyes, Jeremy came nose to nose with me, snatched my hat from my
\nhead and stood, twirling it around, smiling all the while. He likes twirling things.
\nHe’s a major pain with that, says his sister, Rebecca, only because she’s had to put up
\nwith him twirling things out of her room for so many years.
\nAll of that behavior is characteristic of his disorder.<\/p>\n
But uncharacteristically, he reads and comprehends at a high school level. He types,
\nappreciates artistic things and displays a keen sense of the way of things.
\n\u201cI remain diligent about getting what he needs,\u201d Chantal says, \u201cand I never let him give
\nup on himself. And he learns.\u201d<\/p>\n
With help last February, Jeremy, who goes to school every day with an aide, wrote a 21-
\nline autobiographical poem for a sociology class that he calls his \u201cI Am Poem.\u201d It’s
\ninsightful and concludes: \u201cPay more attention to me and less to the label of autism. I am
\nunique.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also likes to have fun, family members agree.
\n\u201cI love when he and I play games together,\u201d Rebecca says. \u201cI love my brother. He’s really
\nvery nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Says Daniel, his dad: \u201cI guess I’m still making peace with his condition. But I feel a lot
\nbetter about where he’s at in his development and in the systems available for him. He’s a
\nkid, and it’s just been positive seeing him develop over the years.\u201d
\nChantal says she sees her son someday living away from home in a supported-living
\nsituation.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I’m OK with that,\u201d she says. \u201cIt would signal that he’s ready for as independent and
\nself-determined life as possible \u2013 that’s my goal for him, for all kids\u201d with autism.<\/p>\n
SignOnSanDiego.com News Metro — Adapting to autism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She tells you that she put together the two books primarily on the strength of the
\neducation she and her family gained through their experiences with Jeremy. \u201cI figured if I
\nhad all this information amassed,\u201d she says, \u201cwhy not share it? (Most) people don’t know
\nhow to (relate to) autistic kids.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,517,1],"tags":[835,55,11,457,467,36],"yoast_head":"\n