She knew her newborn was special. But when they raised concerns, no one seemed to listen…
2005. First-time parents Jessica Galligani and her husband never expected the extraordinary twist their baby son would deliver. As their toddler’s struggles slowly evolved into an Autism diagnosis, the Galliganis were thrown into a quest to learn as much as possible about his health challenges. But their biggest shock came with the medical community’s lack of understanding of their unique therapeutic needs.
Desperate to reinvent themselves for their son’s sake, the couple embarked on a journey of hope, support, and recovery. But with skeptics and confusion hiding behind every opinion, the struggling parents were left unaided to treat their demanding boy.
Written as a blend of memoir and resource guide, this fascinating book takes you by the hand through an intensely personal voyage of discovery. Sharing their ups and downs, the Galliganis provide you with experience, insights, and the advice they wish they had as parents of a special-needs child.
If you’re looking for a powerful approach combining help and hope, then this story of courage and dedication will go straight to your heart.
Lives Paralleled: Living and Shadows and Light, Autism and PANDAS Memoir and Resource Guide is a specialized asset for any parents struggling to raise a high-needs child. If you like raw stories, emotional journeys, and intricately detailed references, then you’ll love Jessica Galligani’s inspirational testimony.
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Jessica Galligani tackles life with a sledgehammer, doing the real heavy lifting for us to learn from and make our own. Recovering a family member from an excruciating illness is a journey many have experienced, yet few have documented with such care for others. Sleepless nights researching what doctors cannot practice and may not even know, to save a child and a family, all the while realizing her problems are also the world's problems, makes this book a great contribution. It will open eyes, raise brows, and start people down new paths toward healing. This is a holistic view of health, still all too rare in a world disconnected from the web of life. She's documented the gut-brain trials, successes and failures for us all to learn. Mostly, she documents the hope and gentle ferocity of never giving up. -Keith Bell - Founder, The Gut Club
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This is a beautiful, heart-felt account from a mother who healed her child, but it is also a guide for healing your own child if he or she is displaying similar symptoms. Galligani takes us deep into her journey with her son Grayson, and illuminates us with hope for their path and yours, while also arming us with knowledge and strength along the way. Truly a must read for autism and PANDAS families! -Helen Conroy - Founding President, Thinking Moms' Revolution~
A really inspiring book for the whole family. We have been reading autism related books for over a decade now. We have been following Jessica’s group and website and found them very informative. When she came out with her book, we looked forward to it with interest knowing she would have a good quality of information and research and practical tips in it. The beauty of the book is that while it has all of that – great quality of reasoned research, useful information and practical tips, it has so much more!!
While many autism books share the journey of the author’s family, this journey was not based on milestones (or missed development milestones) or events. It was a very deep insight into the way of thinking and how that proved to be a key factor in her family’s successful journey. The nuanced understanding of the human mind and spirit that Jessica has penned down is inspiring. The book is inspiring since it encourages and empowers all parents to and families to take charge of the situation, whatever it may be, become authors of their own journey and change their trajectory. We saw so many thoughts, concepts and ideas articulated so beautifully. We instinctively related to them. There were many thoughts which were probably there in the fringes of our mind, never fully articulated, a bit hazy – these were brought out fully formed, in bright sunlight and with utmost clarity in the book. It is not only useful in the healing journey of the child, but it also considers and provides support to the entire family’s health and well being.
I would also like to add that this book is so much about responsible parenting, how to raise kids with or without challenges in this increasingly complex world. It is one of those books which one can go back to time and again to get inspiration and always find something new. It is a true labor of love and we can say that she has shown how to actually enjoy and complete this marathon and look at it entirely differently. Thank you for your efforts Jessica! -Diwakar A.~
Everything is energy, all beings, and all objects hold a vibration. I could literally feel the vibration of love written into the words of this book coming through the pages. Unconditional love radiates from this book, for the authors children, for the desire to heal, for the book itself to be healing, to bring knowledge, and to help others! The real, and true life experiences that are shared in such a beautiful way. The heroic story of a strong, intelligent boy, the strength & intuitive heart that is a mother’s love. The endless amounts of knowledge & time that was spent researching to fill this book with wisdom & truth. I have innumerable wonderful things to say about this book. All the more important is how it made me feel, the book has left me, empathetic, wiser, grateful, and hopeful! Truly one of the greatest labors of love I‘ve had the pleasure of experiencing. -Brandi Eda
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Highly recommend this book! I absolutely love the way this book is organized! Highly recommend to any parent regardless of what your child’s diagnosis is! I fell in love with the author’s story because I was able to relate to so many of the challenges she had to face. But most importantly I found hope. The author clearly outlines the exact steps she took to help her two children to recovery (hint: it’s a lot!). Then even better, she provides a clear checklist in the second half of the book for much easier reference. This book is my official new guide and I’ll be forever grateful I found this woman! I highly highly recommend this book for any parent’s bookshelf! -Gabriella
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Healing Bible! EVERYONE needs this book whether a parent or not. Jessica and her family’s story provides others with the knowledge, tools and hope to move through dis-ease and find healing and health on the other side. It’s not often that you will hear a parent say their child *had* autism. The second half of the book is a resource guide that I personally reference daily. From herbs and supplements to energy healing and crystals.. this book covers it ALL! -Madeline H.
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Wealth of knowledge. I couldn’t put it down. So much healing in this book. The things that mothers do to help/heal their children is to be commended. There are so many helpful resources on how to heal. -Megan B.
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I am reading your book and loving it! It is so full of information and you really cover so many things it is just amazing. Thank you for your hard work and sharing it with everyone! -Marysue R.
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I am finding hope for a brighter future in your book. Thank you! -Margaret W.
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