Like many mothers of autistic children, Annabel Stehli suffered from the long-held medical belief that her daughter Georgie's condition was somehow caused by inadequate mothering. For years, well-meaning but often misguided friends and doctors encouraged Stehli to institutionalize Georgie, a child who seemed to exist on a different plane where she had neither the inclination to play with other children nor the need to be hugged by her parents. But Stehli, despite her own guilty feelings, and daily frustrations, persisted in seeking the best education for her young daughter and ignorning the doomsayers and harsh critics. Annabel Stehli shares her family's victory because it may be of help to many autistic children.