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To Siri with Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of Machines

✍ Scribed by Newman, Judith

Book ID: 109982426
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2017
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 474 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780062413642

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✦ Synopsis

From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column "To Siri with Love" comes a collection of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for us all.

When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple's electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus, her son who has autism, she received widespread media attention and an outpouring of affection from readers around the world. Basking in the afterglow of media attention, Gus told anyone who would listen, "I'm a movie star."

Judith's story of her son and his bond with Siri was an unusual tribute to technology. While many worry that our electronic gadgets are dumbing us down, she revealed how they can give voice to others, including children with autism like Gus--a boy who has trouble looking people in the eye, hops when he's happy, and connects with inanimate objects on an empathetic level.

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