Voices from the Spectrum

Consumer health guide for family members affected by autism. Offers a compilation of essays from parents, close relatives, and people with autism on their experiences with autism spectrum disorder. Topics include raising a child on the autism spectrum, the sibling experience, diagnosis on the spectrum, and more. Softcover.

Introduction: Learning from Autism

12

(3)

Part 1: Raising a Child on the Autism Spectrum

15

(104)

The Ride for Autism: A Community Gets in Gear to Help Solve the Puzzle

17

(4)

Andrew Abere

The Tree's on Fire: Voicing Experience

21

(4)

Marc Biondo

Perspectives

25

(4)

Maribel Danta

Facing the Pain of Autism---and Surviving

29

(4)

Nicholas Dixon

Happy with my Daughter

33

(3)

Sheryle Dixon

Through the Looking Glass

36

(4)

Phil Dougherty

My Will

40

(5)

Margaret Janger Flynn

Jenius

45

(4)

Nayma Glenn

School Days

49

(4)

Heidi J. Graff

You Never Know

53

(3)

Nancy E. Ironside

Talk to Me, My Darling

56

(4)

Rosemary Johann-Liang

Our Lives at the Edge of the Spectrum

60

(4)

Elizabeth Lipp

Pulling String

64

(4)

Irene Litherland

Still the Same Boy!

68

(5)

Mary Marmion

Stump the Cook

73

(5)

Lauren Goldman Marshall

Taking the Bag Off

78

(4)

Shelley Milhous

Truth: The Parents' Spectrum

82

(5)

John Nelson

Listening to Macord

87

(5)

Eric Peter

Parallel Worlds

92

(4)

Antonia Rowland

The Question

96

(3)

Shelley Stolaroff Segal

Simply Perfect

99

(4)

Tanya Stanley

On the Wings of Asperger's

103

(4)

Carol Anne Swett

Learning to Embrace the ``A'' Word

107

(5)

Elaine Tarutis

On Eating Biscuits: Life with Autism

112

(4)

Eileen Teyssou

Katie's Question

116

(3)

Lauren Yaffe

Part 2: The Grandparents' Connection

119

(20)

Barefooted Band-Aid Boy

121

(3)

Patricia E. Gardocki

Lap Time

124

(4)

Dan Gottlieb

An Unexpected Gift of Love

128

(4)

Oscar

Sally Olson

A Grandmother's Story

132

(4)

Elizabeth Nedler

Come with me, Grandma

136

(3)

Frances S. Rosenfield

Part 3: The Sibling Experience

139

(22)

An Unexpected Blessing

140

(4)

Kimberly M. Bittner

Growing Up with Bradley

144

(4)

Stephanie Coyle

Living Life

148

(4)

Katherine Flaschen

Their Sound Has Gone Out

152

(3)

Susan Ironside

Why Am I So Resentful?

155

(2)

Lydia Liang

My Brother. . .Ahhhhhhhh!

157

(4)

Zoe Naseef

Part 4: Diagnosed on the Spectrum

161

(46)

No! You Don't Understand

162

(4)

Beth Adler

It Never Rains

166

(4)

Simon Brodie

...It Pours

170

(4)

Sarah Brodie

Melt(d)ing Down

174

(3)

Rauidhri Finn

Relativity

177

(2)

Aurelia van Hulsteyn

Essay on Autism

179

(5)

Heidi Kunisch

The Way We Think

184

(4)

Roger N. Meyer

The Chains of Friendship: An Autistic Person's Perspective on Interpersonal Relationships

188

(5)

Alex Mont

Jordan's Gift

193

(5)

Todd J. Schmidt

The Importance of Parents in the Success of People with Autism

198

(5)

Stephen Shore

Culture, Conditions, and Personhood: A Response to the Cure Debate on Autism

203

(4)

Donna Williams

Part 5: Working on the Spectrum

207

(55)

A Sound from Kuwait

209

(4)

Samira Al-Saad

Learning from Oliver

213

(4)

Margaret Anderson

Closet Case: Finding the Way Out

217

(4)

Cindy N. Ariel

The Wizard of Echolalia

221

(4)

Gerard Costa

Two Autistic Children---A World of Difference

225

(5)

Pim Donkersloot

Jill Adler-Donkersloot

Life as a Cooking Pot

230

(5)

Anne Marie Gallagher

Moving to the Heart of the Matter

235

(4)

Gayle Gates

Circle of Devotion

239

(4)

Trish Miron

Playing with Hudson

243

(4)

Eric R. Mitchell

The Path of Acceptance for Families

247

(4)

Robert A. Naseef

The Challenges of Autism: An Introspection

251

(3)

Bertram A. Ruttenberg

No Looking Back

254

(4)

Fiona J. Scott

Spiderman at Mini-Camp

258

(4)

Lillian N. Stiegler

Appendix: Further Reading and Internet Resources

262

(4)

About the editors

266

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