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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
by John Elder Robison  
Powells.com Staff Pick The brother of Augusten Burroughs (author of the bestselling memoir Running with Scissors) has created an entertaining and often surprising memoir about growing up with Asperger's Syndrome. Whether you know someone on the autism spectrum or you're...
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin Publisher Comments Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and...
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin
Publisher Comments Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world...
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
by Daniel Tammet
Publisher Comments One of the worlds only 50 living autistic savants is the first to tell his compelling and inspiring life story, and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammets brain has amazed scientists for years, readers will be moved by this remarkable mans...
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The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing--From a Mother Whose Child Recovered
by Karen Siff Exkorn Publisher Comments Practical advice and information from the world's foremost experts on autism -- and a mother's own hard-won lessons from helping her son recover from the disorder When Karen Siff Exkorn's son, Jake, was diagnosed with autism, she struggled to pull...
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Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
by Tony Attwood Publisher Comments Providing a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of Asperger's syndrome, with strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous and debilitating, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on all aspects of...
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The A to Z of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Facts on File Library of Health & Living)
by Carol Turkington Publisher Comments Autism is an enigmatic brain disorder that profoundly affects children's communication and social skills. It is also a spectrum disorder, which means it can occur in a variety of forms and intensity. Recent years have marked a startling rise in the...
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Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism
by Dawn Prince-Hughes Publisher Comments "This is a book about autism. Specifically, it is about my autism, which is both like and unlike other people's autism. But just as much, it is a story about how I emerged from the darkness of it into the beauty of it." In this elegant and thought...
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George & Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism
by Charlotte Moore Publisher Comments Providing a unique look into the life of an autistic child, the mother of two autistic children writes powerfully about her two sons and reveals the boys behind the label of autism. Photos....
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Emergence : Labeled Autistic (86 Edition)
by Temple Grandin Publisher Comments Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. An intelligent child with a thirst for knowledge, but unable to properly express herself or control her behaviour, Temple struggled through grade school. Eventually moved from a "normal...
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Autism and Asperger Syndrome
by Uta Frith Publisher Comments The story of autism contains many puzzles, but none more tantalizing than the problem of the eccentric individual who appears to be both intellectually gifted and mentally handicapped and who finds it difficult to deal with everyday social interaction...
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Nobody Nowhere..Autistic
by Donna Williams Publisher Comments "This is a story of two battles, a battle to keep out 'the world' and a battle to join it." She inhabits a place of chaos, cacophony, and dancing light--where physical contact is painful and sights and sounds have no meaning. Although labeled, at times...
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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
by Tony Attwood Publisher Comments A clinical psychologist explains the possible causes of Asperger's Syndrome and offers a wide range of personal accounts, making this a complete guide for parents and families of children and young people with AS....
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Autism and the God Connection: Redefining the Autistic Experience Through Extraordinary Accounts of Spiritual Giftedness
by William Stillman Publisher Comments Everyone who seeks a more compassionate and wise life will benefit from this wonderful, insightful, and beautiful book. It is a very short step from understanding autism and the God connection to understanding you and the God Connection. ---Gary Zukav...
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The World of the Autistic Child: Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders
by Bryna Siegel Publisher Comments For thousands of loving and concerned parents of autistic children, the suspicion that something may be wrong comes long before the clinical diagnosis of autism, PDD (pervasive developmental disorder), or Asperger's syndrome. When rounds of testing and...
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Living with Asperger Syndrome (Overcoming Common Problems)
by Joan Gomez Publisher Comments Asperger syndrome, which affects communication and social interaction, is a neurological disorder but unlike others on the autistic spectrum, those with Asperger syndrome often want to communicate, and to share their lives, but don't know how.This book...
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Communication and Language Intervention Series #9: Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Transactional Developmental Perspective
by Amy M Wetherby Synopsis This reference offers an overview of the communication, language, social, and behavioural issues characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It offers guidelines for intervention designed for children with autism and their families....
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The Miller Method: Developing the Capacities of Children on the Autism Spectrum
by Arnold Miller Publisher Comments This informative and practical guide to the Miller Method? presents an entirely new perspective on advancing the social and communicative skills of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Taking a cognitive developmental approach that actively...
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Developing Talents
by Temple Grandin Publisher Comments This career planning guide is written specifically for high-functioning adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum, their families, teachers, and counselors. The two authors weave together a unique blend of information and advice based on...
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Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism
by Donna Williams Publisher Comments In the acclaimed sequel to Nobody Nowhere--in which Donna Williams gives readers a guided tour of life with autism--Williams explores the four years since her diagnosis and her attempts to leave her "world under glass" and live normally. NPR sponsorship....
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