Seen Rain Man? That doesn’t mean you know my autistic son
There are no typical autistic people, despite the savant stereotypes. My son is just himself: he’s me, with a coating of autism
February 2017
Paperback writer
Writing about autism: 'Parents are sick of being asked what special skill their child has'
As the father of a non-verbal autistic boy, author Jem Lester recalls what it has been like to see his novel Shtum adopted by other parents of autistic children
March 2016
Meet the author
Jem Lester: ‘Letting your son go aged 11, knowing that he will never live with you again, is very difficult’
The former journalist on being the father of an autistic boy, whose condition has informed his debut novel, Shtum
Shtum by Jem Lester review – a vivid debut about life with an autistic child
This exhilarating roller coaster ride portrays the love, guilt, exhaustion and rage felt by the parents of a boy with profound learning disabilities
‘We should be over Rain Man by now’: TV’s fresh look at life with autism
The pleasures and problems of raising an autistic child take centre-stage in BBC drama The A Word
