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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxix, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Autism Adulthood features thirty interviews with autistic adults, their parents, caregivers, researchers, and professionals. Each vignette reveals firsthand a family's challenge, their circumstances, their thought processes, and their unique solutions, and plans of action. Sharing the wisdom that emerges from parents and self-advocates experiences, Senator adds her own observations and conclusions based on her long-term experience with autism. Told...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xiv, 670 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family's odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, and of the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. Unfolding over decades, it is a beautifully rendered history of ordinary people determined to secure a place in the world for those with...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate Temple Grandin is a star, a Time Magazine top 100 Hero and an inspiration to millions worldwide. Since she started writing and speaking about autism, the number of people diagnosed with it has skyrocketed--but so has the research that is transforming our understanding of the autistic brain. Now she brings her singular perspective to a thrilling journey...
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"A groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently. What is autism: a devastating developmental disorder, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more--and the future of our society depends on our...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
53 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
Offers guidance for having conversations intended for autistic spectrum children having trouble with the basics, using the metaphor of a train to teach how to start and maintain a conversation, change subjects, and bring it to a close.
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
204 pages ; cm
Description
"Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt's retirement, everyone assumed it was for a simpler life. But the reality behind their seclusion was a secret they hid from even their closest friends: their twins, Austin and Christian, had been diagnosed with severe autism. What followed was a painful struggle to hold their family and their...
8) Harmony
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
431 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
How far will a mother go to save her family? The Hammonds are living in suburban DC, where everything seems to be going just fine, until it becomes clear that the oldest daughter, Tilly, is developing abnormally -- a mix of off-the-charts genius and social incompetence. Once Tilly -- whose condition is deemed undiagnosable -- is kicked out of the last school in the area, her mother Alexandra is out of ideas. The family turns to Camp Harmony and the...
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"Zak knows he's not quite like his siblings and classmates. Bright lights and big crowds send him into freak-out mode. Hugs make him uncomfortable, too. His atypical behaviors, from flapping his arms to spinning his body, seem so out of place. But for Zak, that's just how he copes. Despite some peculiar behaviors, Zak's desires and disappointments are as ordinary as any child's. He loves watches; he hates being excluded. As Zak embraces life the only...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child's genes and destined to remain fixed forever. Instead, it is the result of a cascade of events, many seemingly minor. And while other doctors may dismiss your child's physical symptoms...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
i, 209 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Description
A research scientist who has spent decades establishing biochemical treatment protocols for patients with ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, and various mental disorders challenges popular opinions about psychiatric drugs.
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