"A fully updated edition of the widely praised and most trusted Australian guide
on how to raise a child with autism spectrum disorder.
An essential, comprehensive and INCLUSIVE guide for parents and carers of
kids with autism. Advice from leading world experts delivers the information you
can TRUST.
Offers SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE on early signs of ASD; diagnosis; medical
theories; schooling and growing up; intervention programs; treatments; dealing
with emotions (parents and child); what not to say to your child and how to help
them.
SHARES the lived experience of fellow parents who are raising kids with
autism and we hear from adults who have autism to hear their perspective.
So much has changed since 2008: the language of autism, diagnoses, the
understanding of disability, society, culture and agency. This new edition
sparkles with new ENERGY and new horizons.
"