Bionic Buzz® got to interview children’s book author & human rights activist Sergio Liden.
Dad’s Publishing announces the release of HIS OWN WAY. The newest addition to his collection was inspired on his firsthand experience of having an autistic son. The book is available on Amazon and everywhere books are sold. The 38-page book was beautifully illustrated by Francesco Orazzini. It is dedicated “To those who feel invisible, remember, you are very much seen.”
The Autism Society of America, the nation’s oldest leading grassroots autism organization, celebrates National Autism Awareness Month in April each year. Designed to build a better awareness of the signs, symptoms, and realities of autism, Their campaign #CelebrateDifferences focuses on providing information and resources to be more aware of autism, promote acceptance, and be more inclusive in everyday life.
In his books, Sergio’s characters find themselves alone in their plight and take great influence on those people Sergio has counseled in the past, making his illustrations a great form of counseling. You feel lost and alone? Go read Little Itty Bitty’s First Day. Do you feel like a financial failure? Read The Greatest Christmas Ever. Do you feel like you might be going insane due to this lockdown caused by the pandemic? Read Little Itty Bitty’s Fly Me to the Moon. And there are many other prescriptions in the form of beautifully illustrated and exceptionally well-told children’s books. Other titles include My Mommy and Daddy’s My Mom, which is inspired by the kidnapping of Sergio’s first son by his mother (also to be released in 2021).
Children’s book Author and Human Rights activist Sergio Liden was born in Madrid, Spain. Due to the ruling of General Francisco Franco, the family fled to Argentina in 1975 and after the military coup in Buenos Aires, the family was uprooted again and came to the United States settling in La Cañada-Flintridge, California.
A survivor of an extremely violent childhood, Liden attended Mountain Avenue Elementary from kindergarten to the sixth grade and Rosemont Jr. High for middle school. Before completing seventh grade he was institutionalized for attempted suicide. Being that he was in the throes of alcoholism, he has no recollection of his time in eighth grade and the following year he moved to Argentina to live with his grandmother. Unfortunately, he fell through the cracks again, and attended ten different High Schools.
As a senior at El Camino Real High School he asked his counselor about his credits, and a dizzying array of sources told him conflicting answers, from being a freshman while others thought he was a senior. In his mind, dropping out appeared to be his only solution as he was about to be emancipated from Penny Lane Centers and had nowhere to go. With nothing he moved to Austin, Texas, then to Washington D.C., and found himself in New York City where he attended a semester at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Liden credits his counselor and mentor Elin Bradley at Penny Lane Centers for saving his life. She was the one who drove Sergio to his first AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting at age 17. He has been sober ever since and holds a 32-year friendship with Ms. Bradley.
His hobbies include writing, counseling those who are suffering from emotional strain, speaking engagements, and spending time with his daughter and son. His purpose is to effect legislation barring Pharmaceuticals from over-prescribing medication, expose abuse in mental hospitals and push to review the laws about parental kidnappings. Liden is a big supporter of the Penny Lane Centers and was the keynote speaker at Penny Lane’s 45th annual Voices of Our Children Fundraiser. He also supports the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), Autism Speaks, EJI (Equal Justice Initiative) and The Help Group, the largest school system for children with autism in Los Angeles.
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