Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. To many it is an invisible cage, leaving the person suffering from it aware, but buried alive in their own involuntary responses and isolation. Expo…
"Students with autism spectrum disorders are as different from each other as they are similar. They each present with unique combinations of behavioral, communication and sensory issues, which makes teaching them very challenging. With the understanding that no two children are …
Based on twenty-five years of teaching and working with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), Christy L. Magnusen contends that it is those teachers who can blend the 'science' of education methodology with the 'art' of teaching who are best able to reach these chi…
Kim Stagliano's electrifying and hilarious memoir of her family's journey raising three daughters with autism. In these stories, Stagliano has joined the ranks of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs with her ability to lay everything on the table--from family, friends, and enem…
Kim Stagliano's electrifying and hilarious memoir of her family's journey raising three daughters with autism. In these stories, Stagliano has joined the ranks of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs with her ability to lay everything on the table--from family, friends, and enem…
Kim Stagliano's electrifying and hilarious memoir of her family's journey raising three daughters with autism. In these stories, Stagliano has joined the ranks of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs with her ability to lay everything on the table--from family, friends, and enem…
This is a concise and readable review of the 25 years of extensive research into children's understanding of what other people think and feel.
"¿Qué sienten los animales? ¿Qué piensan? ¿Cómo ven el mundo? A veces no nos damos cuenta de que, para entenderlos, debemos cambiar radicalmente nuestra perspectiva humana. Como científica experta en conducta animal y también como persona con autismo, Temple Grandin propone otra…
