Strange Son: Portia Iverson Interview

For more than a decade, writer Portia Iverson couldn't communicate with her son, who is severely autistic. But today, she knows he enjoys politics, math and even has a sense of humor. She's written a book called Strange Son. ideastream's Eric Wellman spoke with Iverson about how she taught her son to communicate, and with Deborah Mandel, head of the Monarch School for Children with Autism in Shaker Heights.