How We Deal With Gravity First Week to Benefit Autism
First Week's Royalties to Benefit Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center
I first came to truly know autism as a journalist. It started with a thread of an idea I had years ago—I wanted to write a true depiction of life with autism for the magazine I was working for, and I was starting with very little. I had heard of autism, knew some children who were affected by it and had this basic periphery knowledge to build on. So I called an organization based in Phoenix (SARRC) that I had run across while researching—and then it began.
You don’t just walk into SARRC and walk away unaffected. You’re changed—for the better. I talked with doctors, with families, with volunteers, with therapists and spent a great amount of time with the organization's founder and her family. And I learned what life with autism was really about. I also learned what things like hope, courage, heartbreak, fear and resolve really look like.
Since that first story, I’ve come to love SARRC and every single person connected with it. I volunteer as a writer whenever I can. I’ve had family diagnosed as well as the children of several friends. I do my best to educate others and inspire people to consider giving SARRC their attention, and that brings me to the present and this crazy little idea I had.
How We Deal With Gravity will be available as an e-book on Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, Kobo and iBooks beginning July 8, 2014, and I am donating the first week of royalties to SARRC. It’s a small start, and I hope to be able to give more in the future, because this place…it has my whole entire heart.
I'll be sharing, posting, tweeting, etc. as we count down to that first week, so please consider following me on twitter @TheGingerScott or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GingerScottAuthor. And thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for reading my words.
I first came to truly know autism as a journalist. It started with a thread of an idea I had years ago—I wanted to write a true depiction of life with autism for the magazine I was working for, and I was starting with very little. I had heard of autism, knew some children who were affected by it and had this basic periphery knowledge to build on. So I called an organization based in Phoenix (SARRC) that I had run across while researching—and then it began.
You don’t just walk into SARRC and walk away unaffected. You’re changed—for the better. I talked with doctors, with families, with volunteers, with therapists and spent a great amount of time with the organization's founder and her family. And I learned what life with autism was really about. I also learned what things like hope, courage, heartbreak, fear and resolve really look like.
Since that first story, I’ve come to love SARRC and every single person connected with it. I volunteer as a writer whenever I can. I’ve had family diagnosed as well as the children of several friends. I do my best to educate others and inspire people to consider giving SARRC their attention, and that brings me to the present and this crazy little idea I had.
How We Deal With Gravity will be available as an e-book on Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, Kobo and iBooks beginning July 8, 2014, and I am donating the first week of royalties to SARRC. It’s a small start, and I hope to be able to give more in the future, because this place…it has my whole entire heart.
I'll be sharing, posting, tweeting, etc. as we count down to that first week, so please consider following me on twitter @TheGingerScott or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GingerScottAuthor. And thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for reading my words.
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I had to share this blog post to get the word out about what you are doing with your first week of royalties! So proud of you Ginger!!!!!