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Strategies used are designed to address the difficulties faced by all people with autism, and be adaptable to whatever style and degree of support is required. [2] TEACCH methodology is rooted in behavior therapy, more recently combining cognitive elements, [ 4 ] guided by theories suggesting that behavior typical of people with autism results ...
Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence is a non-fiction book about Asperger syndrome published in 2003. The then 13-year-old author, Luke Jackson, has Asperger syndrome himself. Jackson wrote the book because he felt there was not enough useful information on the Internet about the subject. [1]
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a book by Steve Silberman that discusses autism and neurodiversity [1] from historic, scientific, and advocacy-based perspectives. NeuroTribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015, [2] [3] and has received wide acclaim from both the scientific and the popular press.
The book also has an index and notes section for easy reference and page finding. [3] [4] The book begins in its first chapter by discussing autism itself and how Grandin was treated as a child by medical professionals before autism was properly understood or considered a medical diagnosis.
The book addresses questions that siblings of children on the autism spectrum may have. In addition to explaining in basic terms the characteristics of autism, it contains suggestions for making family life more comfortable.
About 10–15% of autism cases have an identifiable Mendelian (single-gene) condition, chromosome abnormality, or other genetic syndrome, [6] a category referred to as syndromic autism. Approximately 8 in 10 people with autism suffer from a mental health problem in their lifetime, in comparison to 1 in 4 of the general population that suffers ...
Critical autism studies (CAS) is an interdisciplinary research field within autism studies led by autistic people. [1] [2] [3] This field is related to both disability studies and neurodiversity studies. [4] [5] [6] CAS as a discipline is led by autistic academics, and many autistic people engage with the discipline in nonacademic spaces.
An Anthropologist on Mars follows up on many of the themes Sacks explored in his 1985 book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, but here the essays are significantly longer and Sacks has more of an opportunity to discuss each subject with more depth and to explore historical case studies of patients with similar symptoms. In addition, Sacks ...