Comments on: Your Favorite Autism Books?

By: colette

colette — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:37:30 +0000

I think a good place to start is Facing Autism (Hamilton), Healing the New Childhood Epidemics (Bock), Nourishing Hope for Autism (Mathews), Building Bridges through Sensory Integration,

By: Deb Hamp

Deb Hamp — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:32:06 +0000

Hi,

Here is a video series that I made with the University of Saskatchewan:
"Your Child Has PDD/ Autism: What Every Parent Needs To Know"
Department of Audio Visual Services, U of S 966-4810, ask for Deb Eddighoffer.

You can also just Google it. Also, the book, "Youre Gonna Love This Kid!"is a great one.

First video outlines diagnosis, second one early intervention, and third one K-6. Video series offers plenty of hope, but does not focus on "fixing"
kids, rather it celebrates who kids are, shows the strength of parents etc.

Good luck to your friend!
If you can't find it, just e-mail me.
Deb Hamp

By: mamampj

mamampj — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:48:48 +0000

Seriously! Someone give mama mara -- ahem, I mean my friend -- something to read!

By: mama mara

mama mara — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:41:47 +0000

Okay, MPJ fans -- what's going on here? I've been popping in on these comments again and again to see what other books you all are recommending. Come on! I I mean MPJ's friend needs these books for totallly appropriate reasons. It's not like I'm just trying to get you to feed my insatiable special-needs book reading addiction. Book me.

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:08:46 +0000

I thought about Asperperger's right away and the book Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome was a book my son stayed up all night to read and in the morning told me that this was a book about him. It explained a lot to him about why he did the things he did, how come he saw the world the way he did and it affirmed him as he is.

I'm going to talk to my sister who has a son with high functioning autism. He is 13 now. I'll send her a link to your blog and see if she has any suggestions.

By: mama mara

mama mara — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:11:42 +0000

My top five: The World of the Autistic Child by Bryna Siegel -- best all-around book about EVERYTHING autistic Taking the Mystery out of Medications in Autism/Asperger Syndromes by Luke Tsai -- will make you almost as smart as your child's psychiatrist Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome by Luke Jackson -- a teenager's first-hand account of what it's like to live on the spectrum Finding our Way by Kristi Sakai -- helps autie-parents to address everyday autie-challenges with confidence, grace, and a healthy sense of humor, and Creating a Win-Win IEP for Students with Autism by Beth Fouse -- exactly. Weeee! That was FUN.