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How do you create an ordinary family life, while dealing with the extraordinary needs of an autistic child? Meet Mickey - charming, funny, compassionate, and autistic. In this unflinching portrait of family life, Liane Kupferberg Carter gives us a mother's insight into what really goes on in the two decades after diagnosis. From the double-blow of a subsequent epilepsy diagnosis, to bullying and Bar Mitzvahs, Mickey's struggles and triumphs along the road to adulthood are honestly detailed to show how one family learned to grow and thrive with autism.

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It's rare for someone to be able to write about life with a special needs child and make it an enjoyable read, but Liane's prose is so good-so smart and funny and lucid and elegant-that even when she's exploring the fears and anxieties a parent faces, she makes it all somehow entertaining. There's real information in these pages for parents going through similar journeys, but it's accompanied by so much empathy and warmth that even those whose lives are untouched by this kind of thing will enjoy reading this. I would recommend it to every parent I know. -- Claire LaZebnik, author of Overcoming Autism I will always remember the day that Liane Carter first emailed me an essay for the New York Times blog, Motherlode. I knew from the first few paragraphs that I was in the company of a special writer. Her words shine a bright but embracing light on life with a grown son with autism. Never treacly, often funny, always direct and honest, she speaks to parents who have and will walk her specific road. That companionship is a gift to families who are navigating autism. But she's also a gift to parents of all children in every variety. This parenting stuff is joyous and hard, whatever the particulars. Liane captures the whole of that, and gives us all permission to struggle and celebrate at the same time. -- Lisa Belkin, Senior National Correspondent at Yahoo, former reporter and columnist at the New York Times Liane Carter's lovingly written memoir should be required reading for every parent raising a child with autism, particularly those who have been told your child will never... , because, Wow! does her son Mickey ever! Liane's journey, for better AND for worse, brings hope to our entire community. -- Alison Singer, President of the Autism Science Foundation In Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable, Liane Kupferberg Carter gracefully articulates the hopes, the disappointments, the frustrations, and the triumphs that are inherent to raising a child on the spectrum and negotiating with the powers that be. The reality of life in a household dominated by autism is artfully conveyed. By the end of the book you are rooting for Mickey and his family, and hoping to read a sequel. Highly recommended! -- Chantal Sicile-Kira, Author of A Full Life with Autism This honest and forthright portrayal of how families cope, build resilience and, yes, sometimes break down when the going gets rough, will bring you laughter, tears and the fortitude that comes from knowing that we all share so much in this life journey. -- Susan Axelrod, Founding Chair, CURE/Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy Liane Kupferberg Carter's Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable is both moving and instructive. It will serve as a helpful and inspirational guide for all parents of special needs children as they transition to the adult world. -- Priscilla Gilman, author of The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy

It's rare for someone to be able to write about life with a special needs child and make it an enjoyable read, but Liane's prose is so good-so smart and funny and lucid and elegant-that even when she's exploring the fears and anxieties a parent faces, she makes it all somehow entertaining. There's real information in these pages for parents going through similar journeys, but it's accompanied by so much empathy and warmth that even those whose lives are untouched by this kind of thing will enjoy reading this. I would recommend it to every parent I know. -- Claire LaZebnik, author of Overcoming Autism

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Liane Kupferberg Carter is a well-known writer and advocate in the autism community who currently lives in New York with her husband Marc and two sons, Jonathan and Mickey. She writes for the New York Times parenting blog Motherlode, as well as the Huffington Post blog, and was a staff writer for Autism After 16. Liane is a member of the Autism Speaks Parent Advisory Committee for the Transition to Adulthood Tool Kit, and a co-author of the Autism Speaks Advocacy Tool Kit. Her website can be found at www.lianekcarter.com.

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