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The Autistic Spectrum: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Helping Your Child

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This is an excellent & up-to-date, no-nonsense book for parents of kids on the spectrum. I have found it to be easy to read,informative and helpful. I bought it because it was recommended by a doctor that knew I was confused by my son's behavior. It has helped me probably more than the other books I have on the subject.

Being the mother of an autistic daughter, I have read a few books on the subject. This book was much too clinical to the parent who basically wants to know what is happening to their child. I have read other books which talk on this subject in language which is easier to understand.

This unpretentious work provides a wealth of information useful in the differential diagnosis and treatment of children with autistic spectrum disorders. One of it's strengths lies in the author's simple description of the range of behaviors and behavioral patterns associated with autism in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. While some parents may find sections of this book too "clinical," mental health practitioners who work with children will find this book to be a valuable addition to their library.

I would not believe anything he writes because of his anti-science bias. For example, in his adolescent psychiatry book he presents alot of patent falsehoods on ME (CFS) that likely serve to retard the science and cause a great deal of iatrogenic morbidity.