The Road Less Babbled

#042 | Derek Volk - Life Raising a Son on the Spectrum


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“I had to mourn the son I thought I was going to have, so that I could love the son that God gave me.”


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, supporter of Autism awareness, volunteer and philanthropist who, along with his family, was recently named the 2015 Spurwink “Humanitarian of the Year.”   

He is the owner of Volk Packaging Corporation, a third-generation corrugated box manufacturer in Biddeford, Maine. His company currently has several employees who are on the autism spectrum.


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