Spectrum Autism For Children

Knowing that your child has a unique way of interacting with the world around them makes you better equipped to manage their stresses and make their surroundings more comfortable. As their parent, you can do a lot to ensure their safety, advocate for their welfare, and make sure your child can live a happy, healthy, and productive life--and this guide will break it all down for you.

This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques with a dash of understanding about food aversion and how to help your kids—and yourself—cook beautiful meals in an empowering way, and is a groundbreaking resource for anyone who has ever been called “picky” or “discerning.” Learn how to alter the texture or taste profile of a dish, or even fit it within a specific palette with this guide.

Does your autistic child struggle to connect but want to make friends? Wish you knew how to help them navigate playground drama and chat safely online? Discover realistic strategies to build social confidence, foster friendships, and celebrate your child's unique way of relating to the world! Ausome Connections: A Parent's Guide to Building Social Skills in Autistic Kids is more than a book—it's a road map to a brighter social future for your child.

In Chasing the Intact Mind, Lutz traces the history of the intact mind concept, explaining how it influences current policy and practice affecting those with autism.

Andrew, 8, is autistic and bilingual. He speaks English and Chicken. With words limited by autism, Andrew lives in a fantastic world where chickens talk and superheroes come alive. But when he tells his pet chicken Frightful that his body is trying to kill him, it launches Andrew's family and an entire medical community into a decade-long quest for answers. This beautiful, fierce, and refreshingly honest memoir takes listeners on a mother's journey through the complex landscape of modern medicine to discover the healing bond between a boy and Frightful, the chicken who saves them all.

Julia’s nine-year-old son George was autistic. Quiet and withdrawn, he appeared lost in his own world. Then one day a small black-and-white stray cat appeared in her garden and George’s face lit up. George bonded with Ben and began to open up to his mother as well. For three happy years, the trio was inseparable and George made remarkable progress. But then disaster struck—Ben went missing and George regressed. The weeks turned into months, and Christmas was fast approaching, but on December 21, Julia got a call from a family more than fifty miles away.

In this book, the author takes the listener through the emotional journey of having a child who suddenly loses his speech at the tender age of three and is subsequently diagnosed with autism. She reveals how the power of love, prayers, conventional and unconventional therapies helped her son regain his speech, emotional awareness, and cognitive skills.

Critically-acclaimed author Monica Holloway shares the extraordinary, touching story of Cowboy, the golden retriever puppy who changed her son's life.

My name is Mickey Rowe. I am an actor, a theatre director, a father, and a husband. I am also a man with autism. You think those things don’t go together? Let me show you that they do.

¿Buscas recursos diseñados para sus desafíos y fortalezas únicas? No estás solo, y ahora tienes una guía hecha especialmente para ti. Criando a una Hija Autista Empoderada es tu hoja de ruta compasiva y práctica para fomentar la confianza, independencia y resiliencia en tu hija, dándote las herramientas para apoyarla en cada etapa de su vida. Quieres que tu hija prospere, y este libro te brinda las herramientas clave. Con ideas claras, ejemplos cercanos y un tono empático, Criando a una Hija Autista Empoderada te guía para ayudarla a navegar el mundo con confianza y alegría.

Clay Marzo has an almost preternatural gift with a surfboard. From his first moments underwater (he learned to swim at two months old) to his first ventures atop his father's surfboard as a toddler, it was obvious that Marzo's single-minded focus on all things surfing was unique. But not until late in his teens, when this surfing phenom was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, did the deeper reasons for his obsession - and his astonishing gift for surfing - become clear

Puberty is a confusing time for autistic people, leaving those who love and support them baffled by their actions. This book explains some of the reasons for aggressive behaviors during puberty and talks about how to sooth and comfort the autistic teen as their body changes, along with their emotions. The author shares tips for how to prepare autistic teens in advance for puberty and the best ways to help them understand their ever changing feelings and mood swings.

Harness powerful communication strategies to become your child’s strongest ally and most valuable advocate. Are you struggling because your child doesn’t behave like the others? Frustrated with teachers or caretakers who aren’t helping? Want to fully understand your child to be a source of strength during challenges?

Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn’t a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 40, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. When his son, Cubby, asked, “Where did I come from?” John said he’d bought him at the Kid Store and that the salesman had cheated him by promising Cubby would “do all chores”. He read electrical engineering manuals to Cubby at bedtime.

Welcome to our journey of living and loving with Autism.

Leigh Merryday Porch offers insight into how parents of children with autism can redefine hope in a world that often has a narrow view of what hope is supposed to look like for their kids. As an educator and expert on autism spectrum disorders as well as the mother of a son who is autistic, Porch knows well the pressure parents of special needs children feel to overcome any and all challenges their children face. According to Porch, we must write our own stories about what is possible for our kids and love them just as they are.

Do you want to give your child the best care in the world? Do you want to raise a responsible, mature, and emotionally intelligent child? First, you need to change yourself as a parent. You need to learn to adapt to the child's needs. They need love and care! In this bundle, you will find the best strategies on how to become a perfect parent. You will learn how to recognize certain situations, how to adapt and react. If you follow this guide right, your job as a parent will become easier!

Author Robert J. Bernstein has found a different approach based on cognition thinking in helping people of all ages with ASD. The author's goal is for people with ASD to be able to live in the world and connect with the people in it as themselves, to express their unique humanity and engage more fully in the human interactions that give life meaning and make it worth the effort of getting out of bed every day. He believes that whatever he does therapeutically must be on the ASD individual’s terms; he or she must lead.

Do you want to help your child with a disability live a more happy and fulfilling life? Raising kids with disabilities is hard, but this audiobook makes it a lot easier. There are many different kinds of disabilities. There are physical and mental disabilities; some disabilities are more visible and disabling than others, but all require an extra amount of attention and action, which can be very overwhelming for parents of a kid with a disability. This audiobook was made to make raising a kid with a disability easier for parents.

Ihr Nachwuchs ist "irgendwie anders“ als andere Kinder? Reize strömen ungefiltert auf ihn ein und überfordern ihn oft? Sie wollen seinen besonderen Bedürfnissen gerecht werden und ihn gleichzeitig optimal fördern? Dann lernen Sie in diesem Hörbuch die familientaugliche Elefanten-Methode kennen!