Bad Penny Blues

Soho, London. It?s the early sixties and things are starting to swing! Sex and drugs and sweet, sweet Soul. A secret world of all night grooves and cut throat moves. Johnny?s world. A Soho Face. Young, sharp and cool. Johnny has got it, but wants more. Much more.

Frank Saunders robs banks. A top level villain who also walks the twilight  world of London?s West End. Saunders is a man who lives ?the good life.? Aston Martin, dolly birds, casino nights and racetrack days. Johnny wants what Frank has got. Johnny wants to Move On Up. But at what price?

What Every Parent Must Know About Their Autistic Child...

Autism is a complex disorder, and there really is no one singular way to discuss or define it.  But there is one thing that is true across the board when it comes to autism: the number of questions parents have. 

I know what it's like to be unsure and worried about what to do for the best for a loved one with autism. I know all too well about the many challenges and frustrations that you are facing with your autistic child.

When my son was diagnosed with autism in 2009, I scoured every book and website I could find looking for answers.  And for every question answered, there always seemed to be three more questions related to the original, and on and on.

The "specialists" who were supposed to help me told me very little about all the options available. So, I searched high and low for methods and practical advice I could put in place, but struggled to find anything useful.

Many resources I found were either poorly written, contained out-of-date information, written for doctors or medical practitioners, or only gave part of the information that I needed.

I'm sure you've found the same. Come across similar frustrations on your journey to understand autism.

For me, the only option available was to find the answers myself...

I spent many days, weeks and months researching proven techniques to really understand and manage autism.

Fortunately you don't have to spend countless hours searching and verifying information like I did.  I wrote this guide to cover a lot of the basic questions parents have, and a few you may have never thought of. 

If you'd like to have a better understanding of the reasons behind your autistic child's behaviors, so you can help your child more and take some of the pressure off you and the rest of your family then this is the guide for you.

Here are just some of the things you will learn in "Raising Children with Autism: 100 Things Every Parent of an Autistic Child Must Know":

    - What are the characteristics of Autism?
   
    - What are the early warning signs of Autism that parents should look for?
   
    - How do I get my child evaluated? & Will insurance cover all this?
   
    - I want to have more children.  Will they also be autistic?
   
    - What does Early Intervention entail?
   
    - How much therapy does my child really need?
   
    - What are "biomedical" treatments?
   
    - How to use the diet to help control autism naturally?
   
    - The effectiveness of the most common alternative autism treatments
   
    - What kind of services will the school district offer my child?
   
    - My child never sleeps!  What can I do?
   
    - How to choose an ABA provider?
   
    - How to cope with the stress of raising an autistic?
   
    - How to ensure the safety of my child?
   
    - Is joining a parent support group really beneficial?
   
    - Will my child ever marry or have children of their own?
   
    - And much more...

Suppose you were in control of 154 million dollars of legal pharmaceuticals that had been stolen, and you purchased them for 3 million. You knew that you stood to make near the normal dollar rate if they were redistributed to a legal foreign market. Would 90 million make you happy?

This is a story about such temptations that begin with a ?missing man?. In a small southern town, or a relatively medium-sized Ohio River town, there is a retired cop and, presently, a private dick looking for a ?missing person?. He works his magic to find the man. Along the way he discovers mysterious leads that twist and turn and have him in the middle of an international drug scheme for profit. Those in power make him a fall guy for a double murder. See how this nobody skirts the law and finds the truth. Luck or ingenuity, you choose. When you read and think it is over, it is not.

This reading covers a lot of territory including small towns in Kentucky, DEA, FBI, local homicide, organized crime, people so called Ohio River rats, and a donkey farm. How do some people afford those big boats on the River? Can 90 million solve all these problems?

A book by Ron Carroll, a retired everything, cop, detective, narcotics, teacher, boys High School basketball coach, private investigator, and a life long college student. Oh, also, once a deputy sheriff. Awards: Mayors Award first class, for Federal Narcotics Strike Force undercover operations commander, Kentucky Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame. Self award for extreme imagination. That means I day dream a lot, why not, go figure.