Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative book in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminare the minds and hearts of children with autism. The author's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contriutor to numerous parenting magazines coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with...

"Communication is one of life's most fundamental joys, yet one often taken for granted until it is lost or fails to develop. Yet for millions of children each year, the skills that encompass communication stall or do not emerge at all. Even a mild disorder or temporary interruption in development can have long-term effects and results in serious and far-reaching deficits that touch every aspect of a child's life. Each year, millions of children and...

"Four-month old Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her-yet agonized- feeling they couldn't handle raising a deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or would Zoe be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers? Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading,...

"Describes the unbreakable bond between humans and canines through the story of a severely disabled woman who began training her own service dogs after she was deemed "too disabled" to receive one by every agency in the U.S."--

"A moving memoir from the mother of a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome, with a foreword by R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder"-- Normal. Who is to say what this word means? For Magda Newman, it was a goal. She wanted her son Nathaniel to be able to play on the playground, swim at the beach, enjoy the moments his friends took for granted. But Nathaniel's severe Treacher Collins syndrome-- a craniofacial condition-- meant that other concerns came first....

Restore joy at your dinner table using the innovative Table Talk Method! But I made it just the way you like it. If you eat your broccoli, you'll grow up big and strong. No dessert unless you finish your dinner! Sound familiar? If you're the parent of a "picky eater," you've likely tried everything to get your kiddo to eat their veggies. And, like many other parents, you might have noticed these ideas fail. Your child may not become a gourmand overnight,...

In the 1990s, reported autism cases among American children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation's already crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given soon after birth or in the early months of infancy. Most of these shots contained a little-known preservative called thimerosal, which includes a quantity of the toxin mercury. Evidence...