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There are many people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) that are remarkably proficient at remembering how things look and sound, even years after an event.  Theyre also good at rote learning and establishing habits and routines.  Some of them even have encyclopaedic memories.  Unfortunately, all individuals with ASD have difficulty in recalling personal memories and reliving experiences, and less able people may have additional difficulty in memorizing facts.   This book assembles new research on memory in autism to examine why this happens and the effects it has on peoples lives.  The contributors make use of recent advances in the understanding of normal memory systems and their breakdown as frameworks for analyzing the neuropsychology and neurobiology of memory in autism.  The unique patterning of memory functions across the spectrum illuminates difficulties with sense of self, emotion processing, mental time travel, language and learning, providing a window into the nature and causes of autism itself.

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When Jenny McCarthy's book, Louder Than Words, was published, the story of her successful efforts to saver her son, Evan, from autism, received a tremendous response.  After hitting # 3 on the New York Times bestseller list, Jenny and Evan were featured on the covers of several magazines, including People.  What she hadn't anticipated, was the overwhelming response form other parents of autistic children, who sought her out to share their stories.  No two autistic children heal in exactly the same way, and with her new book, Jenny expands her message to share recovery stories from parents across the country.  Mother Warriors tells how each parent fought to find their own child's perfect "remedy of interventions" and teaches parents how to navigate safely through the many autism therapies.   Jenny shares her own journey as an autism advocate and mother as well as the progress of her son, Evan.  Touching and genuinely practical, Mother Warriors will inspire a generation of parents with hope.

This book is a comical story about an eleven-year old autistic boy, Jack Lack, who struggles to cope with the absurdities of the so-called "normal" life.  From his public school classroom for behavior-disordered kids, to his extended family that's full of sinister cousins and very eccentric adults, Jack get unfairly blamed for everything that goes wrong.  In this novel of self-discovery, he attempts to prove his innocence.  While he collects clues, the idea forms in his mind that these misadventures may be just a bunch of unrelated events, or is someone out to get Jack.

There have been huge advances in diagnosing autism and in the development of effective interventions that can change children's lives.  In this informative book, Lynn Kern Koegel, a leading clinician, researcher, and cofounder of the renowned Autism Research Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, combines her cutting-edge expertise with the everyday perspectives of Claire LaZebnik, a writer whose experience with a son with autism provides a rare view into the disorder.  Together, they draw on the highly effective "pivotal response" approach developed at the center to provide concrete ways of improving the symptoms of autism and the emotional struggles that surround it.  They remind readers never to lose sight of the humor that lurks in the disability's quirkiness or the importance of enjoying your child.  From the shock of diagnosis to the step-by-step work with verbal communication, social interaction, self-stimulation, meltdowns, fears, and more, the answers are here-in a book that is as warm and nurturing as it is authoritative.

For children with sensory integration issues, including those who have difficulty processing everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights, this book is an invaluable resource.  Long thought to affect only autistic children, or mistaken for ADHD, SI dysfunction is finally being recognized as a separate condition.  Coauthored by a pediatric occupational therapist and a parent of a child with SI dysfunction, Raising a Sensory Smart Child is as warm and accessible as it is authoritative and detailed and is an indispensable guide for parents, therapists, and teachers who will turn to it again and again.

Alexander is an autistic child, and when he is nine years old, he is found dead in a bathtub of water.  At the time, his mother Ingrid is the only other person in the house.  The circumstances are suspicious and the police take Ingrid into custody.  Did she murder her child? Who could blame her if she did? " She has had nine years of hell with her uncontrollable child, and all those she cares about have deserted her.  Not even the church has come to her assistance. Her efforts to find help for Alexander have left her bankrupt and she is emotionally and physically depleted.  If it were not for Miriam and Gunter, she would surely never have endured the nine years.

It's possible that this child is having sensory processing problems.  You can help children with these problems.  Sensory Integration helps you identify children who have difficulties with sensory processing, and it offers easy solutions to support the sensory needs of young children in the preschool classroom.  Easily implemented solutions include adaptations and activities for children with different types of Sensory Processing Disorder.  This book also contains a bonus chapter with instructions for creating inexpensive items to help children with sensory issues.

This book is a true story of two mothers, worlds apart, united in a struggle to connect with their autistic sons. Emmy(r)-winning art director Portia Iversen's life was turned upside down when her son Dov was diagnosed with autism.  After hearing about a miraculous story of a woman in India who had taught her own severely autistic son to communicate, she brought Soma and Tito Mukhopadhyay from Bangalore to America to help researchers better understand this amazing feat.

Preschool can be overwhelming for children with autism.  Autism affects how a child behaves, communicates, and relates to others.  Teachers need to know how they can get children with autism to achieve their full potential.  This book is a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide to working with children who have autism.  It explains the main characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world.  Each chapter offers detailed strategies for teachers to use, including setting up a proactive preschool environment, helping children learn life skills, managing behavior, helping children with autism communicate, encourage children with autism to play, helping them to get along with others, and working with families.  Teaching Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder helps teachers bond with all children in meaningful ways, allowing children with autism to learn and grow.

This book has answers to more than one hundred of the most frequently asked questions about autism, a disease that affects an estimated one in 250 children.

Dawn Ham-Kucharski's son, Alex, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, and she was given little hope that he would ever express himself verbally or to communicate meaningfully with others.  But, now at the age of six, Alex is an inspiring autism success story, due to his mother's tireless efforts to seek out an effective treatment program, educational plan, and socialization strategy.

In The Autism Book, health and parenting journalist S. Jhoanna Robledo and Ham-Kucharski, a passionate advocate for educational opportunity for autistic children, use their hard-earned knowledge and experience to objectively and compassionately answer the most urgent questions of parents and educators of autistic children.  The authors offer comprehensive information on diagnoses, causes, manifestations, treatment options, managing emotions, family relationships, parenting and lifestyle issues, education, and common worries.

Useful, practical advice and information from the world's foremost experts on autism and a mother's own hard-earned lessons from helping her son recover from the disorder.  When Karen Siff Exkorn's son, Jake, was diagnosed with autism, she struggled to pull together comprehensive information about the disorder.  Fortunately, she was able to educate herself quickly, and the extensive at-home treatment of her son led to his amazing full recovery.  However, the journey wasn't easy, and now, in The Autism Sourcebook, Siff Exkorn gives parents the wisdom she wishes she'd had at the beginning.

Three years ago, magazine editor Denise Brodey's precocious four-year-old son, Toby, was diagnosed with a combination of sensory integration dysfunction and childhood depression.  Struggling to make sense of her new, often chaotic, often lonely world, the thing she found most comforting was talking with other, hopeful, and insightful parents of kids with special needs, and learning how they coped with the feelings they encountered throughout the day.  In The Elephant in the Playroom, parents from across the country write in an honest and intimate way about the joyful highs and disordered lows of raising children who are "not quite normal".  Laying bare the emotional, medical, and social challenges they face, these stories address issues ranging from if and when to medicate a child, to how to get a child who is overly sensitive to the texture of food to eat lunch.  Eloquent and honest, the voices in this collection will provide solace and support for the millions of parents whose kids struggle with ADD, ADHD, sensory disorders, childhood depression, Asperger's syndrome, and autism, as well as the many kids who fall between diagnoses.

This is the exciting, true story of Jason McElwain-also known as "J-Mac", who is the autistic student that made headlines when he scored twenty points, including a school record six three-pointers for his high school basketball team in 2006.  It includes the revealing perspectives of J-Mac's family and coach.  This is McElwain's inspiring account of the challenges of growing up autistic-not just for himself, but for his family.  It's also the tale of his unlikely star turn, and the difference it made in his journey through life with all the heart-breaking and heart-lifting stops along the way

Outlining clear instructions, the author demonstrates that through a series of mental and physical exercises called "Orientation Counseling" and learning tools called "Symbol Mastery," those struggling with these conditions can now learn how to correct them, embrace their gift, and enjoy learning.

The IQ Answer is not only fascinating and user-friendly, but a great guide to fulfilling one's potential.  Adults who have been frustrated by a stubborn mental block will learn the steps to scale it and tackle any project creatively, and with millions of new cases of learning disabilities diagnosed every year, this book will help parents break through their children's performance plateaus.  Written in response to the overwhelming need that Dr. Lawlis sees every day in his practice and in his role as Dr. Phil's primary contributing psychologist, The IQ Answer will be a powerful tool for everyone who wants to be as successful as they can be.

Eloquent, philosophical, and introspective. These are words that are not usually associated with an autistic child, but in an incredible display of courage and creativity, this boy named Tito has shattered stereotypes.  In The Mind Tree, Tito makes us question all of our previous assumptions about autism, since he is severely autistic and nearly nonverbal, and this is his story.