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When you think of treatment options for autism, do you think of massage? I know I didn’t. So when I was offered the opportunity to review Virginia S. Cowen’s new book, Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, I readily agreed. Virginia Cowen is a massage therapist, exercise [...]
Jeff Kraus is the author of The Aspie Teen’s Survival Guide and he is a young man with Asperger’s. Using his unique perspective he shares his personal insight to help teens with Asperger’s find success in high school, with friendships, and in the other important areas of a teen’s life. I reviewed his book and [...]
A survival kit is typically full of many items to help a person withstand adverse or unusual conditions. Many teenagers with Asperger’s are continually trying to figure out how to exist in a predominantly neurotypical world. So I was intrigued by the book titled The Aspie Teen’s Survival Guide: Candid Advice for Teens, Tweens, and [...]
[fbshare]Here’s another “O” book club. It may not be Oprah’s, but for those of you interested in autism, this one is even better. It’s the OUR Journey THRU Autism Book Club in collaboration with Future Horizons and will officially launch on January 15th. You have time to get involved, so read on!
Many books have been written on autism, Asperger’s, and Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD)–all three otherwise known as the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). So I was very interested in reading Barbara Quinn’s and Anthony Malone’s new book titled Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Pervasive Development: An Altered Perspective to view their angle on this topic. Their book [...]
I have been reading quite a few books on Asperger’s and Sensory Processing Disorder, everything from how-to-guides to children’s books. So I was ready to move onto something different and that something different turned out to be something pretty inspiring. Laura Shumaker’s book, A Regular Guy: Growing up with Autism, is her account of raising [...]
[fbshare]“Aspergirls” is term coined by Rudy Simone in her new book with the same title. In the foreward the author of Pretending to Be Normal: Living With Asperger’s Syndrome, Liane Holliday Willey, shared that her daughter thought “the term sounds like a superhero.” (p. 11) “Aspergirls” refers to women with Asperger’s (AS) and perhaps they [...]
[fbshare]Back in August, Vicki Hill wrote a guest blog where she revealed how her son with Asperger’s Syndrome, schizoaffective disorder, Tourette Syndrome and epilepsy led her on an unplanned journey. Her story inspired me to start a new series called “When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens,” where people reveal how their paths have changed [...]
