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Winner of the IPBA Gold Medal for Nonfiction Series (with Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew)
Winner of the Grand Prize for Instruction and Insight, Chanticleer International Book Awards
New translation in 2024!
One of the autism community's most beloved classics, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew has informed, delighted, and guided millions of families and professionals around the world since its first edition was published in 2005.
A child's voice leads each chapter, offering a unique exploration of how ten core characteristics of autism affect our children's perceptions and reactions to the physical, sensory, and social environments around them. This revised and updated third edition sharpens the focus on these basics while expanding how our own perspectives shape our child's lives and ourselves, today, tomorrow, and for years to come. An entirely new section illuminates the surprising breadth of our power of choice and outlines powerful strategies for sound decision-making in every situation.
Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and doctor should have this concise and informative book in their back pocket. Framed with humor and compassion, the book lists the top ten characteristics that help illuminate, not define, children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a mother, autism columnist, and contributor to numerous parenting magazines come together to create this guide for anyone who has someone on the autism spectrum in their life.
In this book, parents will find a compassionate and insightful ally who has walked this path with her own son—now an adult... Ten Things contains a wealth of detailed information, useful suggestions, and concrete strategies. The message is realistic, practical, and encouraging. — Debra Moore, PhD, psychologist and co-author (with Temple Grandin) of The Loving Push: How Parents and Professionals Can Help Spectrum Kids Become Successful Adults
It is not just about a compassionate, person-centered perspective on autism; Ten Things also reflects an evolving understanding of support, assistance, and capability. — Paula Kluth, PhD, author of You’re Going to Love This Kid and Pedro’s Whale
A great book for parents of a child newly diagnosed with autism. It will help parents who are frightened by the diagnosis begin to create a positive outcome for their children. — Temple Grandin, PhD, author of The Way I See It and Thinking in Pictures
Essential reading for the important people in your child’s life, helping them understand the complex and sometimes baffling social, sensory, behavioral, and emotional challenges your child faces... it helps readers recognize that, even if they feel overwhelmed, they need never feel powerless. — Lindsey Biel, occupational therapist, co-author of Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Book for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues and author of Sensory Processing Strategies
It empowers the individual to take control in a world that, in many ways, seems out of control. A must-have book for your autism resource collection. — Jim Ball, EdD, BCBA-D, President/CEO of JB Autism Consulting