Derek & Dylan Volk, Father and Son talking about Autism

Derek Volk is the author of the internationally acclaimed Amazon best  seller, Chasing the Rabbit: A Dad’s Life Raising a Son on the Spectrum.  Derek is a Maine businessman, a supporter of Autism awareness, community volunteer and philanthropist who, along with his family, was named the 2015 Spurwink “Humanitarian of the Year.”   

Dylan Volk is the author of Bad Choices Make Good Stories: My Life with Autism.   It is a sequel to the book he co-authored with his father, Chasing the Rabbit: A Dad’s Life Raising a Son on the Spectrum.  After years of what his parents called “the diagnosis of the month club,” Dylan was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of eight. Life has always been challenging for Dylan. When he was little, he struggled with how to learn the rules and follow directions that often did not make sense to him. As he got older, he was challenged, especially socially, by a world that often seemed to go too fast for him to keep up. Even today, Dylan works hard to figure out what he needs to do in order to get through each day as a 27-year-old adult in a very fast-paced society.