To Decode a Special Child. How One Family Found a Way Where There Was None

At the center of the book is the story of a family from a provincial Russian town raising a non-verbal child with autism. After the diagnosis, the parents go through shock, confusion, and a long search for information. The author step by step shows how decisions are made in such a situation: where to find specialists, how to structure activities, what to change in household and educational settings, how to communicate with the healthcare and education systems. This is not a retelling of a universal scheme, but an honest conversation about the long path where patience, systematics, and attention to the state of all loved ones are important.