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A Perfect World (A Father's Quest to Unriddle the Mysteries of Autism) by David Cohen

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David Cohen's remarkable book is both a journey and a story of home. After his three year-old son Eliot is diagnosed with autism, he travels the world to meet leading autism researchers, educators and clinicians. But the heart of the book is his moving meditation on family and what really makes a good life.

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Was Janet Frame on the Autistic Spectrum?

Autism has featured in the mainstream news lately with a flurry of activity after the NZ Medical Journal of 12 October published an article by a New Zealand doctor working in Australia, proposing that Janet Frame had high-functioning autism (HFA). Rehabilitation physician Sarah Abrahamson of the Queen Elizabeth Centre in Ballarat analysed Janet Frame’s autobiographical […]

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Posted in Stories, Books, Advocacy, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, New Zealand by Hilary Stace on November 8th 2007, 16 responses

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For some reason I’ve been thinking alot recently of a book that was published last year and that I enjoyed greatly. It is Voices from the Spectrum: Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, People with Autism, and Professionals Share Their Wisdom. It’s the kind of book I would like to see a whole lot more of, a symphony […]

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Posted in Books, Asperger Syndrome, Autism by Lesley Maclean on August 20th 2007, no responses