Articles Index
Rethink Autism: An ABA Website for Autism Therapy
Rethink Autism is a website that provides parents and providers with all they need to get started with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a popular and well-regarded therapy for autism.
Book Review: Making Sense of Autism Spectrum Disorders by James Coplan, MD
This top-notch book provides an outstanding introduction to autism spectrum disorders. Highly recommended for the "advanced beginner" who is ready to dig into autism's history, causes, treatments and prospects.
Review of 'Autism Yesterday,' a Video by JB Handley
'Autism Yesterday' is a half-hour documentary by JB and Lisa Handley, founders of Generation Rescue. It's a beautifully produced video with a message of biomedical cure.
Autism Book Review: A Child’s Journey Out of Autism by Leeann Whiffen
This very literate memoir is a book about one woman's single-minded struggle to find the cure for her son's autism. Whether Whiffen's approach works for other families is up to the reader to decide.
Autism Book Review: Unraveling the Mystery of Autism
Karyn Seroussi's "Unraveling the Mystery of of Autism" is a combination of a memoir, a guidebook, and an impassioned polemic against the "beast" that is autism.
Review: Autism's False Prophets by Paul Offit, MD
"Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine and the Search for the Cure," by Paul Offit, is a well-written condemnation of those who support a connection between autism and vaccines. It's also a historical review of the controversy and its players.
Book Review:The Oasis Guide to Asperger Syndrome
The Oasis Guide to Asperger Syndrome by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby offers a broad, deep look at symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options. It also includes a wide range of tools for supporting your child with Asperger Syndrome as he discovers his own strengths.
Book Review: "Look Me in the Eye" By John Elder Robison
John Elder Robison is autistic. Diagnosed as an adult with Asperger syndrome, he tells an amazing story loaded with pathos and filled to the brim with rock and roll. Recommended for parents, teens and just plain readers.
Book Review: The Soul of Autism by William Stillman
Do people with autism have a special connection to the divine or the paranormal? William Stillman, an adult with Asperger syndrome, is convinced that the answer is "yes." He may well convince you, too.
DVD Review: Autism the Musical
Autism: The Musical is a documentary about the process of creating and mounting a musical starring a group of children with autism. The film introduces viewers to a wide range of children, visits with their families, and explores the experience of autism in America.
Review: First 100 Days Kit from Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks, America's largest autism-related nonprofit, has created an 81-page "kit" for parents of children newly diagnosed with autism. Is it worth a read?
Book Review of The Autism Answer Book by William Stillman
Bill Stillman, author of Autism and the God Connection, has written the Autism Answer Book. This collection of answers to parents' questions about autism covers a great deal of ground and presents Stillman's most important concept: presume intellect.
Book Review: Strange Son by Portia Iversen
Portia Iversen is a writer, the co-founder of Cure Autism Now, and the mother of a son with severe autism. In her book Strange Son, she describes the process by which she discovers a method for communicating with her son - and, perhaps, with other autistic people.
Book Review: Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum
Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum by Marueen F. Morrell and Ann Palmer is a chronicle of two very different mothers managing life with two very different autistic children. Presented like a handbook, it's really closer to a pair of intertwined journals.
CD Review: "What Remains" by Jamie Manning
Jamie Manning's CD "What Remains" is a musical testament to his experiences as a father of a child on the autism spectrum. A portion of proceeds from sales goes to support autism causes.
Ten Things Autistic Children and Students Wish You Knew
Ellen Notbohm is now the author of two "ten things" books. The first, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, has already drawn acclaim. Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew is a new offering.
Book Review: Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships
The book Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, by Dr. Temple Grandin and Sean Barron, explores social norms from the perspective of adults on the autism spectrum.
Book Review: Send in the Idiots
Send in the Idiots, a new novel by Kamran Nazeer, examines the lives of autistic adults twenty years after their shared days in a specialized preschool. Guest review Marisol Villamil shares her insights.
Book Review: Voices from the Spectrum
Voices from the Spectrum is a collection of stories and essays by people whose lives have been changed by autism. Edited by Drs. Robert Naseef and Cindy Ariel, it explores life, love and hope on the autism spectrum.