Joel Yanofsky, http://Joelyanofsky.com, is the author of ‘Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism’. He talks about his experience of family caregiving, his book, ‘Bad Animals’, and why he wrote it. He describes his struggle as a father to enter his son's world of autism. He discusses the challenges for family caregivers caring for children with autism, including the daily frustrations, and the ways he responded. He says what he learned from other parents. He describes the role of family caregivers, and the ways in which the healthcare and social systems see the role of family c
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