A heartwarming, intimate, and amusing memoir of a father’s experience raising his autistic son.When Tom Fields-Meyer’s son Ezra was three and showing early signs of autism, a therapist suggested that the father needed to grieve.“For what?” Tom asked.The answer: “For the child he didn't turn out to be.”That moment helped strengthen the author’s resolve to do just the opposite: to love the child Ezra was, a quirky boy with a fascinating and com...

A REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITIONWinner of the Autism Society of America's Dr Temple Grandin AwardAutism is a different way of being human. By understanding autistic behaviours as strategies to cope with a world that feels chaotic and overwhelming, Barry Prizant seeks to enhance abilities, to teach new skills, help individuals build on their strengths and develop coping strategies to achieve a better quality of life.Revised and updated...

Ganador del premio Temple Grandin, concedido por la prestigiosa Autism Society de Estados Unidos, el doctor Barry M. Prizant lleva a cabo en Seres humanos únicos un acercamiento riguroso, personal y muy humano a todas las vertientes del autismo. Prizant presenta con suma sensibilidad un nuevo enfoque (SCERTS) centrado en la intervención integral, basado en hechos, para niños y personas mayores con algún Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo (TEA) y para sus familias. Un libro repleto...

Humano à sua maneira é um livro de referência sobre autismo, um divisor de águas no entendimento do que é o transtorno do espectro autista (tea).Nesta obra, em edição revista e atualizada, o doutor Barry M. Prizant apresenta um guia essencial para orientar pais, familiares e profissionais de saúde, sempre pautado na ciência, de forma humanizada e inclusiva, com estratégias extremamente eficazes. E vai além, ao expandir a compreensão do que é o autismo e do modo com...

When the letter E is injured, O tries to do its job in this hilarious and educational children's book that's" chock-full of inventive letter-play" ( The New York Times ).It's an E-mergency! The letter E took a tumble and the only way to get her back on her foot is for people to stop using her. But who can take her place? The other letters have to make a decision ASAP. Z is too sleepy and Y asks way too many questi...

Winner of the Autism Society of America’s Dr. Temple Grandin Award for the Outstanding Literary Work in AutismA groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world’s leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human—this is “required reading....Breathtakingly simple and profoundly positive” (Chicago Tribune).Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals of “autistic” symptoms such as difficulties interact...

American Dreamer is an inspirational, first-hand account of the motivating power of an immigrant's dream for a better life. From the rural Vietnam of Tim Tran's childhood to his eventual escape to America and his rise as CFO of a multi-billion-dollar company, Tran's memoir is a lesson in perseverance and ingenuity. After he initially left Vietnam in 1970 to attend American universities on a USAID scholarship, Tran's sense of commitment led him home shortly before the fall of Saigo...

The life and career of a Poet is often thought of as musing at a desk, or lying in a meadow, or on long journeys to find inspiration for their next masterwork. But more often than not a poet was a part-time profession in subservient submission to their a