Watching Sarah Rise: A Journey of Thriving with Autism

Jennifer Celeste Briggs

Jan 2025 · She Writes Press · Narrated by Jennifer Celeste Briggs

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In Watching Sarah Rise, Jenny Briggs shares her experience parenting her daughter Sarah, a feisty girl who has a unique genetic blueprint and is on the autism spectrum. At age four Sarah was non-verbal, her eye contact was decreasing, she was in diapers, and eating was a struggle. Determined to help her daughter thrive, Jenny trained at the Autism Treatment Center of America to run a Son-Rise Program, an approach based on connection, love, and play that is aimed at fostering social connection and language. Calling her program Sarah-Rise, Jenny enlisted the help of a small fleet of volunteers to spend hours of one-on-one time with Sarah. Accompany Jenny as Sarah's language explodes, her eye contact improves, and she learns to play games, play imaginatively, use the potty, eat healthily, read, and write a momentous journey that will warm your heart and knock your socks off.

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Jennifer Celeste Briggs has a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore college. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two daughters. Her daughter Sarah has a genetic anomaly and autism. When Sarah was four, Jenny decided to run a Son-Rise Program for her, calling it Sarah-Rise, and training at the Autism Treatment Center of America. The Son-Rise Program is a loving child-centered approach to helping those with autism and other challenges connect socially, verbally, and through increased eye contact. Organizing hundreds of hours of therapeutic play time for Sarah, Jenny trained and coordinated multiple volunteers who contributed their love and creativity to the venture. Jenny started a blog to share the experience of Sarah-Rise and has heard multiple times that her words were helpful to others dealing with life struggles. Jenny wants to help parents feel understood and to spread the word about The Son-Rise Program. She hopes that her words bring comfort, joy, and inspiration to readers whatever their challenges and journeys may be.

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