The Australian Autism Handbook

The essential guide for parents of children with autism

• Author(s): Benison O'Reilly, Seana Smith,
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Pages: 380
• ISBN_10: 192518367X
  ISBN_13: 9781925183672
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Health & Fitness / General , Health & Fitness / Mental Health , Family & Relationships / Autism Spectrum Disorders , Family & Relationships / General ,

Description:... 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.