Only Barry and Suzi Kaufman could guide Robertito through the dark and mysterious Labyrinth that separated him from the world!

Somewhere behind Robertito's wide-eyed, vacant stare lay a gentle little boy, totally alone and out of reach. He was, after all, a "hopeless" case -- "uneducable" and "autistic." Even the medical world had given up on Robertito. Until, at last, his parents found the Kaufmans: the loving couple who had rescued their own "incurable" child. Volunteers joined Robertito's parents in their journey. Before their eyes, a miracle of love and learning took place as Barry and Suzi Kaufman taught everyone how to love themselves and to nurture a "little boy back to life."

This book was an interesting visit back to the 1970s. There is a difference between the way autistic children are viewed between now and then. There appears to be more understanding about what autism is all about, although I claim to have very little knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of autism.

That being said, the authors of this book refused to believe that there was no hope for autistic children and they did create a treatment plan that appeared to be effective but that involved intense therapy with no guaranty and that involved a lot of therapy over a long period of time.

This book was difficult to read. The words were squeezed onto the page. There was a lot of detail about day after day of therapy including the problems Robertito's parents had before trying this therapy. Progress was made that was never expected to be made. Although I didn't get to read the final outcome, etc. I learned a lot.

This book went AWOL on me. It is somewhere in Phoenix, or perhaps it has traveled beyond Phoenix.