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| Understanding Autism For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Stephen Shore, Linda G. Rastelli
Creator: Temple Grandin
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 57058
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0764525476
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85882
UPC: 785555862975
EAN: 9780764525476
ASIN: 0764525476
Publication Date: September 19, 2006
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Product Description
Autism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book provides help-and hope-by explaining the differences between various types of autism and delivering the lowdown on behavioral, educational, medical, other interventions. Featuring inspiring autism success stories as well as a list of organizations where people who support those with autism can go for additional help, it offers practical advice on how to educate children as well as insights on helping people with autism use their strengths to maximize their potential in life. Stephen Shore, EdD (Brookline MA), serves on the board for several autism spectrum-related organizations and he has written Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome (1-931282-00-5) and edited Ask and Tell: Self Advocacy and Disclosure For People on the Autism Spectrum (1-931282-58-7).
Linda G. Rastelli (Middletown, NJ) is a veteran journalist who specializes in health and business.
Temple Grandin, PhD (Fort Collins, CO) is the author of the bestselling Thinking in Pictures (0-679-77289-8) and Emergence: Labeled Autistic (0-446-67182-7).
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They should give you this book when you get your diagnosis June 29, 2008
They should give you this book when you get your diagnosis. Seriously! It was the first book I bought on Autism. It's a great place to dive in to Autism. It covers everything from Meds, IEPs, Schooling, Adult programs, everything you NEED to know on the subject. I would recommend it to anyone!
Great read June 5, 2008
This publication is well written using simple language which has made it easy to understand.
The publication has a variety of strategies which can be implemented to help reduce the stress that is often associated with working with people who have autism.
Good read for anyone who is interested in autism
 Highly useful for parents April 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In my opinion this is a very useful book for parents, but not as complete and exhaustive as a teacher (as myself) would need. That's why I'm giving it 4 stars and not 5. Easy to read, and complete as far as parents are concerned.
Dummies does it again! March 27, 2008
The Dummies folks have once again put together a great general resource. It provides a good baseline for understanding autism. Another book I found very helpful--and more specific as to curing this disorder--is He's Not Autistic But...: How We Pulled Our Son From the Mouth of the Abyss.
Great Resource January 27, 2008
This book is such a good resource for me as a parent of an Autistic child. This book also helps me explain Autism to others who are not familiar with it. I will be purchasing more of these books for family that want to understand and help my son. This is an easy to read book and has easy answers for the most common questions about Autism. I recommend this to book to anyone who has had a child just diagnosed and doesn't know where to turn or for people who are in contact with anyone with Autism and want to understand it better.
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