Deanna (Bantz) Jent’s ’84 play, “Falling” Addresses Life with a Autistic Teen

Deanna Jent, professor at Fotnbonne University in St. Louis, was featured in the Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine FAll 2013.  The article discusses the play, “Falling” she wrote from the personal experience of parenting a teen son with special needs.

Jent and Andy 1984

Jent held her son Andy’s hand after he became distracted by the
sound of an ambulance siren. (Photo by Emily Rasinski for the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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