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Fantastic but no PDF!?
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Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
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Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative audiobook in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top 10 characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum.
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Autism
- By: Jessie Hewitson
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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The definitive guide for parents of autisic children, written from the perspective of neurodiversity. Written by Jessie Hewitson, an award-winning journalist at The Times, Autism is the audiobook she wishes she had listened to when her son was first given the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. It combines her own experiences with tips from autistic adults, other parents - including author David Mitchell - as well as advice from autism professionals and academics such as Professor Simon Baron-Cohen.
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great book for newly diagnosed
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The Reason I Jump
- One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism
- By: Naoki Higashida, Keiko Yoshida (translator), David Mitchell (translator)
- Narrated by: David Mitchell, Thomas Judd
- Length: 2 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by Naoki Higishida when he was only 13, this remarkable book explains the often baffling behaviour of autistic children and shows the way they think and feel - about the people around them, time and beauty, noise, and themselves. Naoki abundantly proves that autistic people do possess imagination, humour and empathy, but also makes clear, with great poignancy, how badly they need our compassion, patience and understanding.
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I really wanted to rate this higher
- By Wicked on 29-08-13
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The Myth of Autism
- How a Misunderstood Epidemic Is Destroying Our Children
- By: Dr. Michael Goldberg, Elyse Goldberg
- Narrated by: Clinton Wade
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Everyone seems to agree that we have an epidemic of what is diagnosed as autism. But, in the history of our society, there has never been "an epidemic" of any developmental or genetic disorder. Yet, over the span of thirty years, autism has gone from affecting one in 5,000 children to one in 90, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So what is this "autism", which has come to affect the lives of so many?
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Valuable
- By Brian on 23-07-15
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Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve
- Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism
- By: Stanley Rosenberg, Benjamin Shield - foreword
- Narrated by: Derek Botten
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
This practical guide to understanding the cranial nerves as the key to our psychological and physical well-being builds on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory - one of the most important recent developments in human neurobiology. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a craniosacral therapist and Rolfer, Stanley Rosenberg explores the crucial role that the vagus nerve plays in determining our psychological and emotional states and explains that a myriad of common psychological and physical symptoms.
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Fantastic but no PDF!?
- By Nick on 30-04-19
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Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
- By: Ellen Notbohm
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cozart
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative audiobook in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top 10 characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum.
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A super overview
- By Zoe on 18-10-16
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Autism Every Day
- Over 150 Strategies Lived and Learned by a Professional Autism Consultant with 3 Sons on the Spectrum
- By: Alyson Beytien
- Narrated by: Francie Wyck
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Stemming from a wealth of both professional and personal experience, this guidebook combines real-life stories of challenges and successes with practical ideas for handling autism, every day. Autism consultant Alyson Beytien outlines over 150 tried-and-true techniques for home, school, and community. Alyson's three boys cover the whole spectrum of autism, Asperger's syndrome, high-functioning autism, and classic autism.
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Today, one in 60 children are on the autism spectrum. There is a 24- to 36-month wait under the NHS for diagnosis, and many families are desperate for help. Dr. May Ng’s A Journey with Brendan aims to fill that gap. Through her knowledge both as an award-winning pediatrician and as the mother of a 13-year-old son with autism, May provides a firsthand account of bringing up a child with autism, bringing together a wide range of resources and practical advice to help families cope.
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An Early Start for Your Child with Autism
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- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
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Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly all young kids - including those with ASD - have an amazing capacity to learn. Drs. Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson, and Laurie Vismara make it surprisingly simple to turn daily routines like breakfast or bath time into fun learning experiences.
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How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger's
- By: Jennifer McIlwee Myers
- Narrated by: Leigh Ashman
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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In the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills everyone else needs to be functional! It's true. No matter how high-functioning children with autism or Asperger's may be or may become, they function better as adults if they've had the chance to learn basic skills, from being on time to good personal hygiene. But many reach adulthood without those skills. Enter Jennifer McIlwee Myers, aspie at large.
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Superb
- By Angel on 13-11-19
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Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?
- A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD, and Autism
- By: Dain Heer, Gary M. Douglas, Anne Maxwell
- Narrated by: Anne Maxwell
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
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Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?: A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD and Autism provides us with a refreshing and new perspective on these children who are so different from their peers. Co-authored by three practitioners who have had remarkable success working with them, this audiobook is filled with practical tools, stories, observations, and life-changing questions that can be used by anyone who has one of these kids in their life.
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This is not a helpful book.
- By Pauline on 07-06-18
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How Not to Die
- Discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease
- By: Dr Michael Greger, Gene Stone
- Narrated by: Michael Greger
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Why rely on drugs and surgery to cure you of life-threatening disease when the right decisions can prevent you from falling ill to begin with? How Not to Die gives effective, scientifically proven nutritional advice to prevent our biggest killers - heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes - and reveals the astounding health benefits that simple dietary choices can provide.
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This book has changed my life!
- By ramin rad on 20-04-18
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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight
- A young man's voice from the silence of autism
- By: Naoki Higashida, David Mitchell - translator, Keiko Yoshida - translator
- Narrated by: David Mitchell, Thomas Judd
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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Following his groundbreaking international best seller The Reason I Jump, written when he was only 13, Naoki Higashida offers equally illuminating and practical insights into autism from his current perspective as a young man.
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Help us out!
- By Rachel Redford on 26-07-17
Summary
The award-winning book on engaging in more meaningful conversations with your child on the autism spectrum.
If your child finds talking to people a struggle, this is the book to get the conversation started.
In this hands-on guide, Heather Jones offers practical advice, born of experience with her own son, which will help you teach your child the principles of communication. Full of strategies and examples, it shows how you can allay fears, build confidence and teach your child to enjoy conversation. Once a child gets used to talking with other people, many life skills can develop more easily as they grow up - from making friends and shopping for themselves to being interviewed and eventually getting a job.
This handy book provides guidance and inspiration to parents, teachers and anyone else who cares for a child who finds language and comprehension difficult.
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