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Podcast: Postcards to the Universe with Melisa
Episode: Conversation with Author Valerie Gilpeer - A Memoir of Autism and Hope
Description: Valerie Gilpeer is a former attorney in Los Angeles who has been practicing law for forty years, Emily Grodin is a poet.Mother and daughter co-authors of I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust: A Memoir of Autism and HopeBorn with non-verbal autism, Emily’s only means of communicating were limited to one-word answers and physical gestures which often left her frustrated, angry and misunderstood. A disastrous intercontinental flight from Ireland to Los Angeles, when Emily was twenty-five, triggered a miraculous communication breakthrough. With the help of a trained specialist and a technique called Facilitated Co...