"Tells the true story of how, through diet, applied behavior analysis, consistent and rigorous medical treatment, and more, Ryan's family was able to overcome autism. It took a lot of trial and error, but today Ryan is an aerospace engineer, has friends, and lives a happy "typical" life. His recovery wasn't miraculous, but instead the result of getting proper medical care, and his parents never taking "no" for an answer. Includes examples and actionable...

"This book provides pre- and in-service educators and other practitioners working with learners with autism spectrum disorder with a user-friendly resource to assist them with the identification, selection, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices. Throughout, the book highlights aspects related to training, ethical decision-making, ongoing assessment, data-based decision making, and collaboration with families and other professionals"--...

"Sad to say, most medical school and residency programs fail to prepare physicians very well to recognize the less obvious forms of autism spectrum disorder or to appropriately manage children with autism. Clinical neuroscience training, at whatever level, tends to emphasize global failure of cognitive development or the subsequent loss of one or more cognitive functions due to structural lesions or diffuse degenerative processes. Neither of these...

"Psychodynamic Art Therapy Practice with People on the Autistic Spectrum offers a valuable counterbalance to the phenomenological, cognitive and behavioural theories that currently prevail in the wider field of practice and research. The result of a decade of work by a group of highly experienced art therapists, this book presents eight frank and compelling accounts of art therapy with either adults or children with autism, supported by a discussion...

"Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) or a suspected diagnosis often have hidden needs that go unmet by public services. This book describes and analyses the Kent ASC enablement approach, a short-term intervention led by occupational therapy to promote people with ASC becoming more self-aware and self-sufficient outside of public services. Designed to teach adults with ASC strategies for controlling their sensory, motor-processing and social-communication...