Spectrum Autism For Children

Travis never thought of problematic language being an issue for him with level one autism. Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at age 22, he had always been verbal. It was not until a BCBA friend pointed out to him that problematic language is a lot more than just being verbal.

Andrew Wakefield reveals the inside story of desperate parents trying to help their autistic children, only to be labeled as abusers by social workers, medical professionals, and the courts. As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders grows each year, new discoveries and controversies arise. Andrew Wakefield explores many of these in his thorough investigation of the recent trial case of the “Arizona 5,” which destroyed an Arizona family.

Descubre el camino transformador de criar a un niño autista con comprensión, compasión y estrategias prácticas para ayudarlo a prosperar. Criar a un hijo es una de las mayores alegrías: verlos crecer, aprender y descubrir ilumina la vida. Cuando tu hijo tiene autismo, surgen retos únicos que requieren paciencia, fortaleza y una nueva forma de entender. Como madre o padre, quizá te preguntes cómo hará para hacer amigos, comunicarse o manejar emociones intensas. Ver esas luchas puede ser doloroso, pero el autismo no define a tu hijo; es solo parte de quién es.

As a boy, Raun Kaufman was diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic, with an IQ below 30, and destined to spend his life in an institution. Years later, Raun graduated with a degree in biomedical ethics from Brown University and has become a passionate and articulate autism expert and educator with no trace of his former condition. Thanks to the Son-Rise Program, a revolutionary method created by his parents, Raun experienced a full recovery from autism.

Are you ready to embark on an extraordinary journey of love, growth, and understanding? Embracing the Spectrum: A Foster Parent's Guide to Nurturing Children with Autism is your compass in the beautiful, complex world of fostering children on the autism spectrum. This isn't just a book–it's a lifeline, a treasure trove of wisdom, and your personal roadmap to creating a nurturing, empowering environment for your foster child with autism.

Andrew didn’t realize he might be autistic until his girlfriend, Michelle, approached him about it months into their relationship. No amount of life experience could’ve prepared Michelle for the confusion she felt while dating Andrew, as he was unlike any man she had ever dated before. The thought never dawned on her that she could fall deeply in love with a man who was autistic or that he might be unaware of this, even into his 30s.

You want your child to progress in leaps and bounds, and this book will help you do just that by equipping them with the necessary coping skills to handle any situation. Within this audiobook, you’ll discover detailed coping strategies that will reduce your child’s stress and enable them to take the reins of their own emotions.

An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children. For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will...

In this fascinating biography, Annette Wood delves deep into Grandin's life from childhood to adulthood. Wood tells of the trials and tribulations of the icon: What difficulties Grandin struggled with and how she's become a hero for the autistic community. She also tells what Temple has done since the movie came out, where she is today, what kind of difference she's made, and what her future holds.

A veteran clinical psychologist exposes why doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnose healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions. In recent years there has been an alarming rise in the number of American children and youth assigned a mental health diagnosis. Current data from the Centers for Disease Control reveal a 41 percent increase in rates of ADHD diagnoses over the past decade and a forty-fold spike in bipolar disorder diagnoses. Similarly, diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder has increased by 78 percent since 2002.

This compassionate and practical guide invites you into the world of children on the autism spectrum—not to change them, but to better understand, support, and celebrate them. Through 10 accessible chapters, Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders offers a clear, hopeful, and empowering framework for parents, teachers, caregivers, and allies who want to make a real difference.

Cet ouvrage propose une description unique du TSA (trouble du spectre de l’autisme) en soulignant qu’un cerveau autiste est différent d’un cerveau neurotypique, qu’il est connecté autrement et qu’il ne traite pas les informations de la même manière.

Temple Grandin draws on her own experience to deliver an essential guidebook for guiding and nurturing autistic youth. She gets to the REAL issues of autistic adolescents—the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day.

A comprehensive resource for parents, therapists, caregivers, and educators, packed with lifelong strategies for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) management and support.

Recognizing Autism in Women & Girls provides the perspective needed to see how autism manifests in gendered ways allowing for a more accurate diagnosis. In addition to describing each point in the diagnostic manual to include feminine presentations, Dr. Marsh has created “Five Fictional Female Figures” who've been misdiagnosed because they also display symptoms of other similar conditions. She describes their behaviors, both obvious and hidden, from early childhood to adulthood, and demonstrates how these behaviors meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder.

In Underestimated: An Autism Miracle, Generation Rescue’s cofounder J.B. Handley and his teenage son Jamison tell the remarkable story of Jamison’s journey to find a method of communication that allowed him to show the world that he was a brilliant, wise, generous, and complex individual who had been misunderstood and underestimated by everyone in his life.

Written by a therapist who is actually autistic, this neurodiversity-affirming workbook offers skills to help you cultivate self-acceptance, manage intense emotions, and be your own advocate when needed. You'll take a good look at the situations or people that caused you to mask in the first place.

Sujette au syndrome d'Asperger et diagnostiquée à l'âge adulte, l'auteure témoigne de son parcours, de ses questionnements et de la relation aux autres qu'entraîne ce trouble du spectre autistique.

Learn strategies from one mom and her friends that will help you survive raising autistic kids and enjoy the journey along the way.

To make this groundbreaking audiobook, Dr. James Lyons-Weiler combed through the past fifty years of published research on autism, exploring subjects such as genetic variation, mechanisms of neurotoxicity of metals and pesticides, and the central and combined roles of each in causing autism.