American Surf Magazine featured Waves of Healing as one of “The 10 Best Surf Books to Read Today".
Is surfing actually therapeutic?
This is a question that Author Cash Lambert had after attending surf therapy events on Florida’s coast and seeing lives transformed by the simple act of riding a surfboard on a wave. To find an answer, he spent a year with a group of families who took their children with autism surfing.
His research is found in Waves of Healing: How Surfing Changes the Lives of Children with Autism.
The book includes the struggles children with autism face — the struggle to stand on a surfboard, the struggle to communicate, the struggle to make progress in a world which accepts “normal” and rejects all else. But they’re also stories of breakthroughs, of authentic joy and unbridled excitement as they learn to see their world from a whole new perspective — standing tall atop a surfboard, and riding a wave all their own.
What makes it one of the best surf books? It's an equal balance of beauty and emotion as you watch children with special needs progress in their surfing skill.
See the full article here.
