Her current book,
"Inspired by Autism" is a letter from her to the
parents of children with disabilities.
Claudreen says, "I
was burdened by autism, embarrassed by autism,
exhausted by autism, defeated by autism,
overwhelmed by autism, etc. I never thought I
would get to the point where I would say that I
am inspired by autism. I offer this book as a
spoonful of comfort to parents".
Claudreen was
married to Pervis Jackson, a member of the award
winning Spinners singing group. Pervis Sr.
mentored and inspired Claudreen as she was
writing this book about their son. Sadly, he did
not live to see the final product because he
died in August 2008. Claudreen said "he died,
but not before he shared his plan with me to
start the Pervis Jackson Jr. Autism Fund. The
proceeds from the book will go into this fund to
fulfill his wishes".
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