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Featured below are books that Mothers with Attitude recommends, or that have been recommended to us by other parents. For more selections on autism, visit our online bookstore.
denotes our particular favorites.
 | Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: Teaching Independent Behavior by Lynn E. McClannahan and Patricia J. Krantz Using picture cues to initiate behaviors. |
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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver Saks Fascinating and engagingly written stories of "differently brained" people. Title story is about Temple Grandin; see her books below. |
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Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionals Edited by Catherine Maurice, Gina Green and Stephen C. Lude A guide to choosing an effective treatment for autism, organizing and funding it, and working with schools and therapists. |
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The Child with Special Needs by Stanley Greenspan Essential if hefty reading for parents dealing with any neurological problems, particularly autism/PDD. Explains the "Floor Time" technique and gives useful information on emotional development. |
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Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons to Hope and Guidance for Help by Lynn M. Hamilton A practical manual on battling autism from the mother of an autistic child. |
 | Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph Over Autism by Catherine Maurice A mother of two children diagnosed as autistic tells how they were helped with behavior modification techniques. |
 | The World of the Autistic Child: Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders by Bryna Siegel Comprehensive guide to understanding, treating, and living with autistic children. |
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 | Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome by Stephen M. Shore The author shares his own experience of growing up autistic. |
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin An autistic woman tells her own story. |
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Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism by Paul Collins This dead-on memoir captures that turning point in the lives of parents of children with special needs when they realize that the child they think of as brilliant and unique and different in a fascinating way is, to professionals with clipboards and developmental charts, different in a way that's not good at all. The author's story of his son, Morgan, is interspersed with his research on autism, including the story of an 18th-century "wild boy" believed to be an early case of autism. Read an excerpt here. |
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin Insight on how it feels to be autistic. |
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