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Autism and Understanding sets out an approach based on Dr Geoffrey Waldon’s philosophy of the development of understanding, which centres on helping children learn how to learn.

The ground-breaking method that has helped families all over the world.

Autism, Asperger's, Anarchy! The Ringmaster's Tale: The truth about autism, Asperger's and the anarchy of life on the spectrum.

Discover How You Can Help A Child With Autism Overcome Social Disadvantages And Learn To Thrive!

Autism was once considered a rare condition, but increasing numbers of children are being diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, making it one of the most common and often challenging childhood developmental diagnoses.

The book, Autism: Understanding The Puzzle, gives you clear and simple explanations of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Whether you are new to, or have had years of experience in helping someone with autism, this will help you better understand the puzzle.

Digby Tantam argues in this book that the world affords us a web of subliminal non-verbal communication that regulates our brains. It helps us understand whether our beliefs do or do not have social approval, and it generally guides us in our ...

An Aspie's Guide to Life on Earth. Guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant, in order of urgency - anxiety, self-esteem, change, meltdowns, depression, friendship, love, and much, much more

Books that can make a difference. BILD books help you keep up to date with good practice, recent policies, current research and ideas and information from people with a learning disability and family carers.

Puberty is a time of huge change in the physical body, in emotional experience and in social relationships. Having an understanding of these developments and learning how to deal with them is essential, and for people with Asperger's syndrome it can

Beyond Words is a provider of books, services & training for people who find pictures easier to understand than words. Whether supporting somebody with a learning disability or communication difficulty, our products & services empower through picture

Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration: Therapy for Children with Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

A guide for friends, family & professionals

101 Inspirational Stories from Parents of Children with Autism and Sperger's by Dr Rebecca Landa, Mary Beth Marsden, Nancy Burrows, Amy Newmark

This book clearly explains the path that needs to be taken in order to work effectively with individuals on the autism spectrum. Beginning by being autism aware, learning to become autism friendly and on to being able to work in a truly aut...

A Resource Book for Creating Meaning through Colour at Home and School

James Christie, born in 1964, has a degree in creative writing and a postgraduate diploma in library and information studies. He catalogued the private library of a stately home and worked as a law librarian for some years in Glasgow.

A heart-warming picture book about a young autistic dinosaur called Alice. Alice has always struggled to fit in with the other dinosaurs, but with the help of her new friend, Alvin, she finally discovers her place and realises that being ...

A positive approache to parenting a child on the Autism Spectrum

This resource is designed to support education and health professionals to better understand how autism including Aspergers syndrome presents in girls. It explains the various difficulties and disadvantages they face in educational settings and provi

Explains the impact that FASDs can have on the child’s brain, discusses the overlapping and co-existing disorders, such as ADHD and autism spectrum disorders. Shows how to support and empower teachers. Provides ready-to-use teaching resources and str

‘Elish and the Wicker Tale’ follows the life of Elish, a young boy who has trouble communicating and coping with the world around him. Elish would rather keep to himself, doing what he loves more than anything, crafting wicker artifacts

Children and young people with Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (CLDD) have co-existing and overlapping conditions which can manifest in complex learning patterns, extreme behaviours and a range of socio-medical needs which are ....

Using learning tools and play to help children with Developmental Delay

A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters With Autism

Following his ground-breaking international bestseller The Reason I Jump, written when he was only thirteen, Naoki Higashida offers equally illuminating and practical insights into autism from his current perspective as a young man.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education, health, criminal justice and social care systems of many countries, with current prevalence figures suggesting that one in a hundred child...

The Proven 6-Step Plan to Stop Picky Eating, Solve Feeding Problems, and Expand Your Child's Diet. Food Chaining is a breakthrough approach for dealing with picky eating and feeding problems at any age.

An intensely thoughtful and highly informative book which draws on the author’s long experience using equine assisted therapy to help educationally and emotionally disadvantaged young adults to find their feet and live independ...

Celebrating the Strengths of Children with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

Iris Grace is six years old and severely autistic. For the first few years of her life she barely communicated hardly ever looked up when her parents walked into a room, she rarely smiled or spoke. Then one day the family decided to get a cat, Thula.

An Autism Spectrum Guide to the Confusing World of Idioms, Metaphors and Everyday Expressions

At the age of four, Andrew Edwards was diagnosed with autism. "Go home and watch Rain Man," the specialist told his mother. "In all probability your son will be institutionalised." Determined to prove the specialist wrong, Andrew's mother set out to

The author's sympathetic yet upbeat approach and skillful explanations of the inner world of children in the syndrome mix make this an invaluable companion for parents, teachers, professionals. By Martin L Kutscher

The Odyssey of One Autistic Adult

Positive Thoughts and Ideas for Parents Bringing Up Children With Developmental Disabilities

Where do I start?

M. That's what I'd like you to call me please. I'll tell you why later. Welcome to M's world. It's tipsy-turvy, sweet and sour, and the beast of anxiety lurks outside classrooms ready to pounce.

Transition to adult life is a notoriously challenging period for young people with special needs and disabilities and their families. Based on Through the Next Maze published by Amaze in Brighton, Making Sense of Adult Life brings together informatio

Making Sense Of It All is designed to help parents of children with SEND aged 0-14 in West Sussex learn how to get the support they need for their child and family. It covers a wide range of subjects including diagnosis, benefits, education, health,

When facing a chaotic or threatening situation, fear overwhelms an individual with autism. 'Meltdowns,' or catastrophic reactions, can be scary for the individual with autism, and for the person trying to help if they don't know how to react.

Everyday Techniques to Help People with Asperger Syndrome Take Control and Improve their Lives

Funny Stories By Sleepy Moms

A Child's Guide to their Autism Spectrum Diagnosis

A groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently.

The guide to transition planning

Supporting the Learning Disability Worker LM Series: By Sue Hatton, John Simpson

The heartbreaking inspiring true story of one mother's fight to secure the lives of her children from autism.

These audio versions of the Paramedic Chris books introduce children ages 4-10 to a day in the life of a paramedic and his friends. Children will learn valuable lessons about our important community helpers and what happens when you call an ambulance

Making Sense of it All is designed to help parents of children with SEND aged 0-14 in West Sussex learn how to get the support they need for their child and family

Click 'View More' to find out what you can do at home to help your child recover from autism.

Palliative and end of life care for people on the autism spectrum.

Being different from the masses is one of the greatest gifts that you possess! Let s face it: Who wants to be just like everyone else? Talk about boring! People come in all shapes and sizes...

This tool is designed to help you support early childhood teachers as they learn about Sensory Processing Disorder(SPD)

Autobiography of a woman and her child diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Author shares her daily struggles and challenges. Includes appendices providing coping strategies and guidance. For the general reader as well as professionals.

The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Interation Issues

Belinda Bauer's great gift is her ability to surprise the reader... and she makes you think a bit differently about the world.

An Insider's Guide to Understanding the Autism Spectrum, the Environment and Your Role: By Gunilla Gerland

Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Procesing Disorder (SPD)

Different Sensory Experiences. Different Perceptual Worlds: by Olga Bogdashina

Sensory Toys, Equipment and Books. Our products are specially made for children and adults with special or additional needs. Many of our sensory products are hand made in the UK and can be made to your specific requirements

Little Book of Learning Games

The book is designed to support: children with Speech, Language and Communication needs; children with social, emotional and behavioural needs; children with social skills needs; children with social communication needs and children where there is a

A Program Based on Individualized Comprehensive Assessment and Evidence-Based Practices

The Handbook of Not-So-Obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens with Asperger Syndrome

The Unwritten Safety Rules No-one is Telling You

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

It brings together a wealth of information on all aspects of the syndrome for children through to adults.

Find the Right Career and Get Hired: by Barbara Bissonnette

Social Communication Skills for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders is a social skills curriculum workbook for use by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and professionals providing social skills training to students or individuals with ...

A must read for both women and adults on the autistic spectrum and their neurotypical family and friends.

This helps me to understand - I laughed many times as I read the thought bubbles, knowing how succinctly you describe the thoughts and feelings of someone who has Asperger’s Syndrome. – Professor Tony Attwood

The 2nd in the series, helping me understand! - Highly, highly, highly recommended. And the others in the series as well!!! Fantastic!!! – C

Especially for teenagers with asperger's syndrome and ASD! - The book world would be a far better place taking note from this special unique genius of a lady. – Mr Ross K Foad

For AS/NT couples! - Alis Rowe ‘gets it’, a great read with laugh out loud moments. I will pass it to my husband now! – Nicola Blackett

I also want good 'Theory of Mind' - ‘Theory of mind’ is the term used to explain how different people have different thoughts, views and plans. In the simplest sense, it means recognising that what’s in somebody else’s head is ...

Growing up book for boys talks about growth spurts, hair growing in new places, shaving, wet dreams and other issues for boys in their teenage years. aimed at 9-14 years this colourful book will help parents and ...

The Blinks are created from morsels of goodness that all the good folk who have ever lived, leave to the Universe.

A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband

Rowan came back from the shamans in Mongolia a changed boy. The three most debilitating effects of his autism - his incontinence, his endless tantruming, and his inability to make friends - were gone.

Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Disfunction

This is a must read for any parent who thinks their child might have unusual behaviour difficulties.

The Parent's Notebook offers opportunities for parents, siblings, caregivers, friends and other important family members to learn new ways of managing challenges related to raising a child with developmental disabilities and special healthcare needs.

One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism

Written by Naoki Higashida when he was only thirteen, this remarkable book provides a rare insight into the often baffling behaviour of autistic children. Using a question and answer format.

Kristine Barnett s son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein s, a photographic memory, and he taught himself calculus in two weeks. At nine he started working on an original theory in astrophysics ...

Siena’s multipurpose manual aims to do exactly what it says on the tin by outlining everything any young autist needs to navigate, excel and achieve, in a not always autism-friendly world.

The Thing is a simple story poetically told by a loving mother of a 7 year old boy with High Functioning Asperger's. Written to fill the hole she had found in this very niche market, her book doesn't teach you how to change your child. It do...

An illustrated look at the daily life of someone with ASD - A brilliant insight for teachers and professionals and particularly for NT parents/partners. Also a huge comfort for people with AS to help them feel more understood and less alone.

Looking at anxiety in people with ASD - Miss Rowe is a voice of the voiceless, she puts into words (and pictures) what so many of us are trying to say, but simply can’t do it. – Mr Ross K Foad

Insight & strategies about puberty for girls on the autism spectrum and their parents - The practical tips will provide a great reference for AS girls while they go through their teens. I wish I’d had this book to refer to. Fantastic ! - H Review

Helping long-term relationships when a woman has ASD - This book was so easy to read and caused both of us to laugh. – Joanne

What it is like been a teenager with ASD? - A must read for any teenage Asperger Syndrome individual and for those NTs who know a teenage AS individual. – Pierre

Insight & strategies for parents of young children with ASD - A lovely, well written book. Charming and easy to read, full of useful info to use now, instead of having to read a huge long text book. – emmylou0

Insight & strategies for parents of children with ASD - This book has given an insight into why situations may be difficult and how best to deal with them. Another brilliant book from Alis! – Fiona Stirling

Guidance for parents when one child has ASD - This book has given my non ASD daughter a greater understanding and a little more empathy with the challenges that her sister faces on a daily basis. – 6cobham

Reactions to stree and anxiety in autism spectrum disorders - Every parent/carer of an AS child/young person should have a copy of this book! – H Review

Why socialising is so tiring for individuals with ASD - describes perfectly how I feel about social situations. I now feel more confident in telling people that I don’t want to do something or that I will need down time afterwards to ‘recharge’.

In this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do's and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism (TPGA) is the resource we wish we'd had when autism first became part of our lives: a one-stop source for carefully curated, evidence-based information from autistics, autism parents, and autism professionals.

This book is bursting with answers to the questions that every parent will have at the front of their minds, and her answers are practical, positive and clear. The message is “listen to parents”. They have a wealth of advice to share

What to Do If You are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World

An inspiring story of how one family transformed their autistic sons life through fundamentally simple approaches, and by learning how to fill him with security, understanding and love. Offers practical suggestions for how others can imp...

A clear and concise introduction to the sensory system, highlighting how it can differ in children. Using professional observation reports as examples, the book demonstrates how differing sensory thresholds affect the behaviour of children and gives

Greg, a young boy with Asperger's syndrome (AS), as he tells us all about the world as he sees and experiences it.

Struggling with Sensory Intergration Dysfunction

Creative worksheets and visualisations to support therapists, counsellors, family workers, parents and carers to help deepen the therapeutic relationship. A great tool for anyone who would like to work on a creative level.

Your Autism Journey shows you how to survive, thrive and enjoy life, while gaining deeper insight into your autism and what makes you you

Here we focus on learning and development for children and young people with special needs. "Education for Everybody" is a philosophy most people would uphold. This includes the provision of education for people from all walks of life ....

Full of news, reviews, advice and personal stories, as well as special offers for our members, Your Autism Magazine is a great way to find out what's going on in the autism community.

UK's leading special educational needs magazine

Which School? for Special Needs is a comprehensive guide to SEN education in the UK.

Read how autism spectrum disorder might affect one’s sleep, what are the most prominent treatment options, the “do’s” and the “don’ts” as well as tips and other useful resources to tackle sleep issues when diagnosed with ASD

Autism to be part of core teacher training, Government says - Teachers will be taught how to support children with autism for the first time

Many major medical groups say vaccines don't cause autism. Many parents say they do. So who's right?

Not knowing.

The comic research team seeks to improve the lives of hearing and deaf children and young people. The main aim is to develop and research mental health interventions for deaf and hearing children which are accessible, child friendly and child centred

Funny how these few simple words can create so much tension. Down the years just about every area of health and disease has witnessed the grudge match that is nature or nurture

Many parents find that simple fish oil supplements can help relieve their child’s autism symptoms…

This guide examines the evidence on challenging behaviours in people on the autism spectrum. It examines guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).

Anna Kennedy Online found that when conducting research into how children on the Autistic spectrum were being diagnosed and what diagnostic tools were being used to do so, there was no consistency within the National Autistic Society (NHS).

Anyone who has typed the word “autism” into an internet search engine will probably have seen those little pop-up adverts accompanying some of the search results offering stem cell therapy for autism. Normally offered at some clinic with....

The amino acid glutamate—and its receptor and signalling functions— is fast becoming the one to watch with autism spectrum disorders in mind.

Autism is not something new, infact one of the first recorded reference was by that of Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard French Physician born in Provence (1775-1838) with particular reference to Victor, the so-called "Wild Boy of Avalon."

Toxicity may play a big part in autism. Follow our tips to create a safer built environment for your child.

This study is part of Dr Iona Bramati-Castellarin’s PhD research project at the University of Westminster in conjunction with the British College of Osteopathic Medicine on the effects of visceral osteopathy on autistic children.

Assistive technology takes special education classrooms by storm…

Intestinal hyperpermeability—or leaky gut—is increasingly being recognized as a very real clinical finding for a host of different conditions.

Promising treatment pathways for autism…

Has Your Child with Autistic Symptoms Been Properly Screened for a Subset of Mitochondrial Disease Known as OXPHOS?

New Apps for Enhanced Communication Skills Show Promise for People with Autism

It Provides A Cornerstone To Integrated Nutritional Support In ASD.

The Options Clinical Team have created a series of help sheets offering advice and guidance for parents and carers who look after children, young people and adults with autism.

Recent published research on the effects of visceral osteopathic techniques on the behaviour and gastrointestinal symptoms of autistic children.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are facilitating a study being run by Newcastle University looking into the lives and experiences of adults on the austistic spectrum and their relatives. Anyone over the age of 16yrs with a diag...

Complex learning difficulties & disabilities research project

It must be remembered that the possibility of diet triggering any form of neurological disorder would not, at that time, be taken seriously at all, as it just did not fit the accepted wisdom.

A newly discovered disorder may play a role in autism…

Have immunizations played a role in the autism epidemic?

About Autism - Some facts and statistics

Many individuals with autism have challenges with sensory issues that can result in some of the behaviors often associated with autism. Sensory integration (SI) is the neurological process of organizing sensory input from the environment and the body

Science can be a fickle thing sometimes. Research interests wax and wane and priorities shift as a consequence of trends, resources and funding.

Anna Kennedy OBE and Arshya Vahbzadeh have been comparing their findings after speaking to parents about autism diagnosis.