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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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The Evidence-Based Guideline for Autism Spectrum Disorder

The development of the Evidence-Based Guideline for Autism Spectrum Disorder is a significant cross-government project. The Guideline will be for anyone supporting or working with a people with autism, such as professionals or family members, who will be guided by what is known as ‘best practice’ according to internationally peer reviewed research. For those with […]

Posted in Policy, Autism, New Zealand by Hilary Stace on August 8th 2007, 1 response

And now …

Anyone who was at the launch of A Perfect World on Monday night will tell you that “Billy Glish” — David Cohen’s old school friend Bill English — gave a soulful and eloquent speech about the challenges faced by families for whom autism is a daily reality. His observation that the book gave lie to […]

Posted in Advocacy, Policy, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, New Zealand by Russell Brown on August 8th 2007, 11 responses

Welcome to humans

Welcome to humans*.
I first heard of Asperger Syndrome in 1995. The last line in an educational psychologist’s report on our older son, Jimmy — who, according to his kindergarten teachers, seemed to have “trouble processing information” — read “ADD or AS”.
I knew what ADD was, and I knew that wasn’t Jimmy. But “AS”?
“Asperger Syndrome,” said […]

Posted in Asperger Syndrome, Autism, New Zealand by Russell Brown on August 6th 2007, 10 responses