{"id":476468,"date":"2025-07-27T13:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/behind-the-storm-is-where-silence-dwells-a-book-that-addresses-how-to-overcome-the-limitations-of-autism\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T13:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:59:49","slug":"behind-the-storm-is-where-silence-dwells-a-book-that-addresses-how-to-overcome-the-limitations-of-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/behind-the-storm-is-where-silence-dwells-a-book-that-addresses-how-to-overcome-the-limitations-of-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Behind the Storm is Where Silence Dwells&#8221;, a book that addresses how to overcome the limitations of autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.- With the attendance of former President of the Republic Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez and Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senadord.gob.do\/provincia\/distrito-nacional\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.senadord.gob.do\/provincia\/distrito-nacional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, the book \u201c<strong>Behind the Storm is Where Silence Dwells<\/strong>\u201d, by author Mery Valerio, was launched, which addresses the story of a young visual artist who overcame the limitations of autism and took advantage of his potential to make his way in the visual arts.\n\nThe story of Engel Segura was shared in a very emotional and well-attended event held at the National Library, where, in addition to Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez and his son Omar, various political, academic, and educational figures were present, as well as a large audience made up of hundreds of people, including delegations that came from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Puerto Rico.\n\nIt also featured a large representation from various non-governmental organizations that supported the launch of the important book.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/ley-de-autismo-tendra-fondos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Autism Law will have funds in 2026&#8221;, affirms Abinader<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAlso, the sponsoring senators of Law 34-23, on Attention, Inclusion and Protection for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), were present.\n\nDuring the ceremony, the senator of the National District for the party Fuerza del Pueblo (FP), Omar Fern\u00e1ndez, was in charge of presenting the work in his capacity as the prologue writer.\n\nThe author, Mery Valerio, narrated the process and development of Engel and her vision on neurodiversity and inclusion, the lack of public policies for timely diagnosis and support from a comprehensive and non-exclusionary intervention.\n\nThe book provides important information and guidance for families with autistic children.\n\nIn the pages of &#8220;Behind the Storm is Where Silence Dwells&#8221; a call to the authorities is made, emphasizing that inclusion is not a favor but a right.\n\nThe author of the book makes a fervent call to families not to give up on their children and instead seek the necessary and appropriate help to support them.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-27-at-9.57.34-AM-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507476\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leonel y Omar Fern\u00e1ndez asisten a la puesta en circulaci\u00f3n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- With the attendance of former President of the Republic Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez and Senator Omar Fern\u00e1ndez, the book \u201cBehind the Storm is Where Silence Dwells\u201d, by author Mery Valerio, was launched, which addresses the story of a young visual artist who overcame the limitations of autism and took advantage of his potential to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":476469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[39786],"class_list":["post-476468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-style","tag-autism"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1ZWY","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-27-at-9.57.34-AM-1.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Style"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-27-at-9.57.34-AM-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}