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What could be more difficult for a parent than to have an autistic child? Perhaps if he is both autistic and deaf. In this stirring memoir Toward Wanting More, know the struggles of one courageous mother who refused to give up - and gave her son a more fulfilling life. When her son Chuck was born, Leona Heitsch became aware of the words retardation, deafness, aphasia, autism, and more. As she realized her son's disability, she sought to get a diagnosis, but no doctor or institution agreed on an effective course of action. But with patience, creativity, persistence, love - and tears - Chuck was able to graduate from high school. Discover how they made it in this testimony of a parent's unwavering love.