Empowered autism parenting: celebrating (and defending) your child's place in the world

William Stillman, an adult with Aspergers Syndrome, presents his latest revolutionary and thought-provoking book, Empowered Autism Parenting, as a challenge to parents of children with autism to perceive their childs experience from a totally new and unique inside-out perspective by understanding the following: Children with autism are intelligent but may have unconventional methods of communicationbehaviors that need to be understood and appreciated Acknowledging your childs true intellect despite diagnoses to the contrary Realizing your own autisms to see why we are all more alike than different Why your child doesnt need traditional therapy or medication to treat autism How the autism industry perpetuates parental fear and guilt Understanding your non-verbal childs symbolic communications as legitimate ways of expression Identifying your childs passionate interests if he appears to have none Why the real autism epidemic has nothing to do with young children How those autism ribbons and public awareness cards can send the wrong message Understanding how your child best thinks, learns, and retains information. Ten ways to enrich the relationship withyour child through a belief in competence In his most candid work to date, Stillman also shatters myths about high-cost therapies and autism medicationsgrist for an industry that promotes a culture of fear about autism. Stillman clears aside the clinical and pathological perceptions of autism to reveal the truth: people with autism are intelligent, insightful and inspired human beings entitled to participate and contribute to the fullest.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-47587-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 27/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés