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Running With Walker: A Memoir 12 reviews
Robert Hughes
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003
Fantastic
+ a great story of life with autism
+ Running With Walker, A Family Story of True Love
+ Care providers need to see this book
+ intelligence and compassion
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A Real Boy : A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention, and Recovery 29 reviews
Christina Adams, 2005
Great Book, Great Mom!
+ Power of a parent
+ Terrific Book. Inspiring Story.
+ good read
+ Given Hope for Recovery
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The Speed of Dark88 reviews
Elizabeth Moon
Del Rey, 2005
A new look at "normal"
+ Speed of Dark
+ A view from an intriguing mind facing an intriguing choice
+ A Realistic Autism Story
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Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism21 reviews
Temple Grandin
Vintage, 2006
Fascinating Book - Very Accessible
+ What an amazing person!
+ The Best
+ a great discovery
+ Temple Grandin's Thinking in Pictures
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Everyday Heaven: Journeys Beyond the Stereotypes of Autism5 reviews
Donna Williams
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004
Heavenly, indeed
+ A plethora of adventures in sexuality & orientation with loss and celebration along the way.
+ Another Gift
+ A Joy to Read
+ Disabling Barriers
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Asperger Syndrome in the Family Redefining Normal: Redefining Normal10 reviews
Liane Holliday Willey
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001
Now I'm beginning to understand
+ a refreshing look at Asperger's Syndrome
+ Her advice applies to families of all types
+ Thank You Liane Holliday Willey
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Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for ...7 reviews
Steven E. Gutstein, Rachelle K. Sheely
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002
Excellent (Full of Activities)
+ Interesting
+ Fun as well as therapeutic
+ Excellent book for parents and clinicians of ASD youth
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Making Peace with Autism: One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts23 reviews
Susan Senator
Trumpeter, 2006
Sue Senator gets it right
+ Inspiring and Effective
+ Just starting this journey
+ Excellent, uplifting book!
+ good read for young families
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Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder4 reviews
Wendy Lawson
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000
Excellent
+ Life Behind Glass
+ Let's Raise Our Glasses to this Book!
+ The plight of the misdiagnosed Asperger.
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Laughter And Tears: A Family's Journey To Understanding The Autism Spectrum
Ann Hewetson
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005
Laughter and Tears is a first-hand account of parenting Mark, a young man with autism, and also of a mother's struggle to understand and appreciate her son's condition. Ann Hewetson's moving and thoughtful account describes Mark's communication problems, sensory integration and food allergies, shared by many people with autism, but also tells of Mark's associated problems like rheumatoid ...
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A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage33 reviews
Beth Kephart
Harper Perennial, 1999
beautiful insight, hopeful and profound
+ A Self-Portrait of a Mother's Love
+ This is a great read
+ one child's dignity
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Smiling at Shadows: A Mother's Journey Raising an Autistic Child4 reviews
Junee Waites, Helen Swinbourne
Ulysses Press, 2002
touching and inspiring
+ wow
+ Light & Shadows
+ wonderful and inspirational
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Raising Blaze: A Mother and Son's Long, Strange Journey into Autism19 reviews
Debra Ginsberg
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
For all the children who think Tuesday is blue
+ That's my kid! No, wait, that's my other kid! Where's the sequel?
+ Raising Blaze
+ The Beat of a Different Drummer
+ good book
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Nobody Nowhere: the Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic38 reviews
Donna Williams
Avon, 1994
Autistic Girl Reviewing an Autistic Book
+ A magnificent write..
+ inside the head of autism - one person's journey
+ As close as you'll get to autism without having it yourself
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Maverick Mind: A Mother's Story of Solving the Mystery of her Unreachable, Unteachable, Silent 20 reviews
Cheri Florance, Marin Gazzaniga
Perigee Trade, 2005
An invaluable book, unfairly dismissed by some other reviewers
+ Maverick Mind
+ Invaluable tool as well as entertaining!
+ Please read this before you decide not to read this book!!!
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Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism90 reviews
Catherine Maurice
Ballantine Books, 1994
wonderful
+ A thoughtful and accurate pilgrimage
+ Great book!
+ Intersting
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One Small Starfish12 reviews
Anne Addison
Future Horizons, 2002
"Parent friendly", highly recommended observations
+ An Excellent Resource Tool
+ Great Reading!
+ A Must Read!
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Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism8 reviews
Donna Williams
Three Rivers Press, 1995
The sequel I was waiting for...
+ We Need This Book!
+ remarkable
+ A beautiful and challenging book, written at a pivotal point in time
+ Learn from one who knows
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A Different Kind of Boy: A Father's Memoir on Raising a Gifted Child With Autism14 reviews
Daniel Mont
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002
real insight and "edu-tainment"
+ A must read for anyone touched by Autism
+ Helpful to parents of autistic children
+ A Father's Memoir about raising a Gifted Child with Autism
+ an excellent humane book for anyone interested in difference
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Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Second Edition20 reviews
Stephen M. Shore
Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2003
Wonderful Insight - Great Resource and Heartfelt Read
+ Beyond the Wall, Steven Shore
+ Beyond the wall
+ Helping to understand the perspective from an Aspie
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