does anyone know about AUTISM or ASPERGERS SYNDROME. Any book on this topic. Schools fot affected children?

Answer 1

the local library should have lots of books. that is how we learned about it for our son has autism

Answer 2

Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome by Luke Jackson
Engaging Autism by Dr. Stanley Greenspan
The Child with Special Needs by Greenspan
Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wish You Knew by Ellen Notbohm
Children With Autism: A Parent's Guide by Michael Powers, PhD
The Boy Who Loved Windows by Stacey
Strange Son by Portia Iverson

There are many, many out there!!!
Best wishes!

Answer 3

My large-nephew has Asperger Syndrome and is a typical cute baby. he's on a par with infants of his very own age at college and has many acquaintances. He has little 'rituals' which he likes to do and he does not seem to have the comparable point of understanding of possibility as his piers, yet he's in any different case large. My 19 300 and sixty 5 days previous son is on the backside end of the spectrum nonetheless (Kanner's Autism) and has the psychological age of a 12 month infant. He does little need or comprehend speech, has no existence skills, no thought-approximately possibility and provides with severe complicated behaviour. I used to attend many help communities while my son replaced into youthful and greater than a number of different infants with the two Asperger and Autism lead reliable lives. The spectrum is large and with the main suitable point of help your son ought to do o.k..

Answer 4

My son in law and grand son have Autism. I know that their are many different degrees or levels of that because my son in law has no problem except that his mind thinks more than one thought at a time and he cannot control that. Some times it makes him have to just get away to sort it all out and he has to get back with you lots of times with an answer on somethings since he can't distinguish all of what he is thinking at the same time. He has learned with help to contol parts of his brain function but doesn't take medication. His son, my grandson is worse and doesn't handle it very well at all. He is on medication and has lots of difficulty in a school setting at keeping quiet and still and not getting frustrated which are some of the symptoms. I know that there is tons of information on the web because I have viewed some of it. If you just type in exactly what you want, you will most likely pull up something........ Check the sites below which are just the search engine results. Each site has many ideas to choose from.

Answer 5

I have two autistic kids in my family and several of us have been accused of having Asperger's before. Of course, the person I talked to said that I didn't based on the fact that I'm married and have been a long time, but I always had trouble with social interaction. I'm very friendly, but never understood simple social rules without a lot of work.

Either way, Asperger's is a kind of very mild autism. Much better if you ask me.

http://www.aspergers.com/

Answer 6

I teach quite a few children with autism and the best book I have read on the topic is "You're Goint to Love this Kid." It has wonderful information on practical ideas for the home and classroom.

Answer 7

After years of trying to figure out what was wrong with my daughter. I figured she had a form of autism, it took me a year to figure out which Dr. to go to. I took her into a dev ped and she was diagnosed with Asperger's. with SID last week. It runs in my family. I'm still looking up information but I did buy Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals.
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/default.asp

Answer 8

Many public school systems have great resources for these types of conditions. They have multiple therapists on hand. They start them young through state funded programs available in every state. Before age 3, kids can qualify for home therapy. At age three they have preschool programs called "Young Threes." Then they start integrating them into the regular school system. Talk with a pediatrician, they usually know the names of these programs in your area.

Answer 9

Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin is a great book on autism.She gives some real insight on what it's like to live with autism
Aspergers For Dummies by Dr. Stephen Shore may also be helpful to you.

Answer 10

i disagree with another poster about staying away from "special schools". My son was at a developmental disabilities school for 2 years in pre-school and had phenominal success. i am sure every school, every child, and every experience is different. it is most certainly worth looking into. another good website that i dont see mentioned here yet is Cody Center.