Adams, L., W. (2010) Parenting on the autism spectrum: a survival guide. San Diego, CA: Plural Pub.
Adams has a PhD, she has worked with families with the Autism disorder for 15 years, so therefore she has written 3 books about Autism. In her latest book she uses evidence from what she has seen from working with these families. Her work on this book contains practical information for parents who want to know what to do when it comes to everyday life routines, for example communicating with children with Autism, children attending to school with this disorder, and how to play with them. It also gives information and testimonies from real parents whom she has worked with, and had gone thru these situations. This source is important because it shows how parents deal with the everyday life when they have an autistic child.
Autism Speaks. Be informed. (2005-2011) Autism Speaks. Retrieved February 16, 2011 from http://www.autismspeaks.org/be_informed.php
Autism speaks was founded in the year of 2005 by Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne Wright, after their grandson Christian was diagnosed with autism. Autism speaks a big popular organization that raised funds for research of autism, the causes, and the treatment for children with this disorder. The web site seeks to serve children and families with the disorder, and it has made people be aware of how autism is becoming more common within kids, its signs, the treatments, facts about it, and advices for families who discover that their own child suffers from this type of disorder. The source has good information on what autism is about.
Charman, T., & Stone, W. (Eds.). (2006) Social and communication development in autism spectrum disorders: early identification, diagnosis, and intervention. New York: Guilford Press.
Charman is a professor in Autism Education; he takes part of the staff for the Department of Psychology and Human Development. His main interest is the investigation of social cognitive development in kids with autism. Wendy Stone is the director of UW Autism Center in the University of Washington; she focuses on early intervention for children with Autism disorders. Together their work reflects how to identify the disorder itself, its diagnosis, challenges faced, the language that children display with this disorder, and how intervening this disorder can help the child in the future.
MD. Dowshen, S. & MD Hartman-Burdo, A. W, (April 2008) Autism. Kid’s health. Retrieved February 16, 2011 from http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/brain/autism.html#
Dowshen, MD is the Chief Medical Editor of KidsHealth, Burdo-Hartman, MD is a Developmental Pediatrician, in this article they explain what autism is. At the beginning of the article they showed an example on how a normal kid perceived a child with autism, the little girl thought the boy with Autism didn’t like her, which in most cases this is what others may perceive when an autistic kid ignores them when being around them. Then they go on to explaining what this disorder is, the causes of it, what doctors do, and how this disease is treated. This Article is helpful for people to understand the basics of what autism is and they explain how a child with autism acts, and how their brain is not able to perceive the outside world. This is why this children required extra help from parents, teachers, therapists and doctors.
Harris, S. L., & Galsberg, B. A. (2003) Siblings of children with autism: a guide for families. Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House.
Harris has written many books about Autism. She takes part in the faculty of Rutgers school of art and sciences as a professor of Clinical Psychology. Sandra is also the executive director of Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center. Glasberg, PhD, has also written Functional Behavior Assessment for People with Autism and she is a Certified Behavior Analyst and the director of Glasberg Behavioral Consulting Services in New Jersey. Both authors of this book have researched Autism and individuals with this disorder and their family. This book talks about explaining Autism to the child’s siblings and why their sibling act a certain way. It also explains how hard is for parents to dedicate time to all their family and even their time for themselves.
Ralabate, P. (Ed.) 2006. The puzzle of autism. Washington D.C: National Education Association.
Ralabate has 30 years of experience in the field of education; she is also the senior policy analyst at the National Education Association. This is also another book that gives information on what autism is about. The beginning of this book talks about what an educator needs to know about the Autism disorder. It also talks about the strategies that they should know in order to intervene with this condition and it discusses methods to communicate with people with the disorder and how to assist them. Ralabate also shows us in her work some behavioral and social issues that kids with autism have and the methods to ease these types of issues on children.
Ross, D. S., & Jolly, K. A. (Eds.). (2006) That's life with autism: tales and tips for families with autism. London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Satterlee Ross is one of the editors for this book. Donna has a degree in school guidance counseling, she has worked as a guidance counselor for autistic kids since the year of 2002. Kelly Ann Jolly has a daughter with special necessities and she has worked for foster care for many years. This book is the type of book that will tell you the stories of many other parents with children that have autism; it gives you the insights of what families go thru every day. It has been written by professionals and the parents of these kids. The book contains positive advice and information to help other families for these kids with special needs; with this book other families are able to reflect with their own stories about autism.
