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Autism Parents Bookstore - 10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism

10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism

All autistic children have ways of dropping into their own world, leaving us behind for a minute, an hour, a day. This is the essence of autism: a disorder that is, at its heart, about interaction. Many of the symptoms associated with autism come from either a lack of paying attention to other people or a lack of interest in joining in with the rest of the world. Because this is the case, it is important that when you work with your child, you are addressing the core issue of autism: your child, for one reason or another, is not spending enough time in our interactive world. What You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism gives you the best tangible things that you can do-right now-to work with your child and draw him or her back into our interactive world. You do have the ability to help your child interact more deeply and consistently.

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Autism Parents Bookstore - The Gift of Autism: The Unexpected Joy of Parenting a Challenging Child

A MOTHER’S STORY OF GRIEF, SURVIVAL, HUMOR, AND GRACE. Parenting a child with a disability can be isolating and devastating. We want so much to do everything for our children, but what do you do when nothing works? Worse, what do you do when your child is diagnosed with a permanent, incurable disability? In The Gift of Autism, author Mary Sharp, a family practice doctor and mother of three, candidly shares her defeats and victories in handling her son’s battle with autism. After shock, denial, despair, and bitterness, Mary has found room in her heart for laughter and grief to coexist. Even more, she has come to see her son Nic as a gift in her family’s life.

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