Autism and Aspergers Books
Assessing and Developing Communication and Thinking Skills in People with Autism and Communication Difficulties: A Toolkit for Parents and Professionals
A separate thinking skills curriculum aims to develop the skills and confidence necessary for social interaction, from making simple choices to understanding humour and abstract ideas. This fully... (more)
World of the Autistic Child: Understanding and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders
This book is for parents of autistic children, and for teachers, child specialists, and other professionals who care for them. It includes current thinking on causes, diagnosis, and treatment, using... (more)
Animals in Translation: The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow
The culmination of Temple Grandin's extraordinary life's work, drawing upon the latest research, her distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experience of being autistic. With... (more)
Constructing Autism: Unravelling the 'Truth' and Understanding the Social
Autism is now considered to be one of the most common developmental disorders today, yet 100 years ago it did not exist. This book examines the historical and social events that enabled autism to be... (more)
Invisible Boundaries: Psychosis and Autism in Children and Adolescents
The chapters of this book are all written by experienced psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists and address different aspects of the psychotherapeutic treatment with psychotic children or... (more)
Arctic Spring: Potential for Growth in Adults with Psychosis and Autism
The title of this book takes us on an imaginary voyage to a distant land where people live in extremely difficult and uncomfortable climatic and environmental conditions. In the same way, psychotic... (more)
The Autism Encyclopedia - 500+ Entries for Parents and Professionals
This comprehensive collection of over 500 terms related to autism spectrum disorders and pervasive developmental disorders clearly explains classification systems, causes, prevalence, diagnosis,... (more)
The Feeling's Unmutual: Growing up with Asperger's Syndrome (Undiagnosed)
Offers an insight into the experience of feeling unmutual, or misunderstood, and how this can result in bullying at school and in the workplace, escalating into social phobia, paranoia and obsessive... (more)
Aspects of Asperger's: Success in the Teens and Twenties
This book does not dwell on the problems but instead looks for the solutions they found together. It will be useful to all those whose lives are touched by Asperger's Syndrome but especially... (more)
How to Live with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionals
This introduction to caring for a child with autism is a useful resource for teachers and for the immediate and extended family members of a child with autism. In clear and simple language, the... (more)
MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know
The MMR controversy has been characterized by two one-sided discourses. In the medical world, the weight of opinion is overwelmingly in favour of MMR. In the public world, the anti-MMR campaign has a... (more)
Social Skills Training for Adolescents with General Moderate Learning Difficulties
Following the success of their social skills work with children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and other moderate learning difficulties, Ursula Cornish and Fiona Ross hane compiled a set of... (more)
Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome
A practical, hands-on guide to teaching social skills to children with high-functioning autism or Asperger Syndrome. It includes a detailed description of the social deficits showed by these children... (more)
Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Preparing for Adulthood
Second Edition. This title reviews what is known about adults with autism in terms of their social functioning and educational and occupational status, focusing on the problems experienced by people... (more)
The Development of Autism: Perspectives from Theory and Research
This work offers accounts of the development (typical and atypical), of persons with autism, with reference to developmental theory and research. It should be of use to students and professionals in... (more)
Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
The teenage author of this remarkable book has filled a gap in the current literature on Asperger Syndrome. Drawing from his own experiences, he wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an... (more)
Spirituality and the Autism Spectrum: Of Falling Sparrows
Defining spirituality as "the spirit with which we confront concrete reality", this is the first book to focus on the spirituality of people with autism spectrum disorders. (more)
The Autistic Spectrum: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Over 500,000 people of all ages in the UK have disorders in the autistic spectrum. About one-third also have varying degrees of learning difficulty. All have impairment of social interaction,... (more)
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure
Nothing is quite the same after Ben and his friend Andy find an old bottle in the school yard. What is the strange wisp of smoke that keeps following them around? Things become even more complicated... (more)
Diet intervention and Autism: Implementing the gluten free and casein free diet for Autistic children and adults - a practical guide for parents
People with Autism are often intolerant of gluten ( a protein in four types of cereal) and casein ( a protein found in animal's milk). This book explains how a diet which excludes gluten and casein... (more)