Who is Benjamin from A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy and what is their importance?

Ben was one of the children that Annie worked with during her internship at Glenwood. Ben had trouble developing relationships with others. He was abusive to others and himself. Although he had recently been adopted, Ben's parents admitted they had no idea how best to deal with Ben. They were forced to make him sleep in a bubble bed at night so that he would not hurt himself or destroy the house. Ben had been hospitalized many times during his life. He had been incorrectly diagnosed as begin autistic. The treatment doctors gave him seemed to make the boy worse. His adoptive mother told Annie that as a baby Ben did not want to be picked up or held. When he was held, he would cry until he was put down.