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Summary: Presents the story of Grandins "squeeze machine," describing her childhood love of building and design, as well as her sensitivities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: The book, Autism Prevention Care and Management, written by a physician with 10 years experience caring for children with this calamity, summarizes the problem and solution to the epidemic of autism that is spreading throughout the world. Chapter One describes each person's biochemical individuality and stresses how attention to this must shape medical management strategies. Chapter Two decries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.U.D. Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.85 Anderson 2012Rusick, Jessica
Summary: "In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of autism and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone with autism and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of autism is highlighted."--Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J616.85 RUSCoplan, James.
Summary: Compiles decades of research and clinical work in a guide to the sometimes bewildering array of therapy options and intervention programs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 COPLouise, Lynette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robert D. Reed Publishers 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 MARCoucouvanis, Judith
Summary: This book gives parents the tools they need to develop their child's behavior intervention and skill development plans. A major focus is on helping parents answer the question: What can I do that will help my child be successful? Topics include behavior, communication, reward systems, social skills, and medication support.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AAPC Publishing 2015
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Summary: "Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . . After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child's genes and destined to remain fixed forever, as we're often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 HERBridges, Holly
Summary: Outlining a new, optimistic way to understand autism, this concise and accessible book offers practical ideas to help children on the spectrum grow. The Polyvagal Theory suggests autism is a learnt response by the body - a result of the child being in a prolonged state of 'fight or flight' while their nervous system is still developing. This book explains the theory in simple terms and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 BRIOffit, Paul A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 OFFSummary: Narrated by Oscarʼ winner Kate Winslet and directed by Oscarʼ nominee Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, this inspiring film follows one woman's quest to unlock her autistic son's mind. Margret, whose ten-year-old son Keli is severely autistic, has tried a number of treatments to help her son. Consumed by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about this mysterious and complex condition, she travels from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010
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Summary: Follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin sought the best possible medical care, but traditional therapies had little effect. They discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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Summary: The father of a child who was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two describes the intensive therapies that were pursued before Carly had a breakthrough at the age of ten, when she began using her computer to communicate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 FLEIsaacson, Rupert.
Summary: Describes the author's attempts to help his autistic son, Rowan, by taking the family to a remote area of Mongolia in order to consult shamans and allow Rowan to interact with horses and other animals in a quiet, accepting environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ISAACSON, RUPERT ISASummary: Four years have gone by since the two preschool boys profiled in Autism and Applied Behavioral Analysis began intensive ABA therapy-formerly considered controversial, but now hailed as one of the few effective approaches to treating the disorder. This ABC News program brings viewers up to date on the boys and further explains the benefits of ABA in treating autism. But the program communicates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Hornok, Julie
Summary: "When faced with challenge and hardship, we seek allies, support, and advice from those who have been trhough similar situations. The same is true for families dealings with a world-changing diagnosis of autism in their child. As a mother of a daughter with autism, Julie Hornok brings together thirty inspiring stories from parents raising children from all places on the spectrum and from all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Books Publishing Group 2018
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Summary: Here, in Temple Grandin's own words, is the story of what it is like to live with autism, to be among the few people who have broken through many of the neurological impairments associated with autism. Throughout her life, she has developed unique coping strategies, including her famous "squeeze machine," which she modeled after seeing the calming effect of squeeze chutes on cattle. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1996