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An exceptionally moving story about a courageous autistic boy, and the effect he had on all who knew him, written by his father, a successful mountaineer.Like the swallows, Ollie came in the spring and left in the autumn. Dancing, singing, swooping  there was something birdlike about his energy, joy and laughter  but also the fleeting, transitory, enigmatic quality of his life. At the age of two he lost the ability to speak, when autism turned his life  and ours  into a baffling challenge. Then at four he almost died from Leukemia. Chemotherapy worked its magic, but at six he had a relapse. He fought hard and made a full recovery. Then, just six months from the Official All Clear, a brain tumour was discovered. After a brave struggle, he died very suddenly. His body had gone into meltdown. He was twelveThis is not a story of passive suffering or failure. Ollie had extraordinary courage. Time after time he bounced back, determined to.