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07-03-2011, 01:51 AM
That's cool that the little girl was able to express herself so well at such a young age.
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Girl Writes About Growing Up With Sibling With Disability
Area Girl Publishes Book On Asperger's Syndrome
Posted: 6:11 pm EDT July 1, 2011
Updated: 7:00 pm EDT July 1, 2011
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Cincinnati -- An area 6-year-old has expressed her feelings in a book about growing up as the younger sibling of a child with a disability. Tori Schultz wrote the book about her 9-year-old brother, Zach, who has Asperger's syndrome. Their mother, Michelle, said Zach can be challenging, because he sometimes yells at or hits other people.
When the children play games, he's easily upset if they don't play out in an orderly fashion. Michelle Schwartz said she got Tori to talk about her feelings so she could better understand them. "At the time at 5 (years old), you can't write sentences, so we started asking a lot of questions, so we started doing it on bike rides," Schwartz said. She began recording her daughter and then put down those words on paper and then into a book. "It was more to validate her feelings, make her feel like she has a right to being angry or upset or not liking certain situations," Schwartz said.
Although Schwartz said Asperger's syndrome is like riding a rollercoaster, she said Tori put it best in her book. "I will always be there for him," Tori said. "I think Zach is a good brother." The book is called "Zach and Asperger's Syndrome: A Sister's View of Her Brother," and it can be purchased online at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.
Copyright 2011 by WLWT.com. All rights reserved.
link (http://www.wlwt.com/r/28423913/detail.html)
Girl Writes About Growing Up With Sibling With Disability
Area Girl Publishes Book On Asperger's Syndrome
Posted: 6:11 pm EDT July 1, 2011
Updated: 7:00 pm EDT July 1, 2011
Video
Cincinnati -- An area 6-year-old has expressed her feelings in a book about growing up as the younger sibling of a child with a disability. Tori Schultz wrote the book about her 9-year-old brother, Zach, who has Asperger's syndrome. Their mother, Michelle, said Zach can be challenging, because he sometimes yells at or hits other people.
When the children play games, he's easily upset if they don't play out in an orderly fashion. Michelle Schwartz said she got Tori to talk about her feelings so she could better understand them. "At the time at 5 (years old), you can't write sentences, so we started asking a lot of questions, so we started doing it on bike rides," Schwartz said. She began recording her daughter and then put down those words on paper and then into a book. "It was more to validate her feelings, make her feel like she has a right to being angry or upset or not liking certain situations," Schwartz said.
Although Schwartz said Asperger's syndrome is like riding a rollercoaster, she said Tori put it best in her book. "I will always be there for him," Tori said. "I think Zach is a good brother." The book is called "Zach and Asperger's Syndrome: A Sister's View of Her Brother," and it can be purchased online at Barnes and Noble or Amazon.
Copyright 2011 by WLWT.com. All rights reserved.