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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 New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline

The NZ Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline was launched at Parliament on World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April 2008. It is a world first in that it is a whole of life, whole of spectrum and whole of government approach to autism. It will be a living guideline so can be updated regularly and have gaps […]

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Posted in Stories, Parenting, Schooling, Advocacy, Policy, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, New Zealand by Hilary Stace on May 23rd 2008, 2 responses

There Are Exceptions

Last Friday was a great day. An hour before we set off for the Big Day Out, the mail arrived. It contained our older boy’s first set of NCEA results. He achieved every Level 1 standard he sat, and picked up a couple of merits along the way.
For an Asperger Syndrome child we once thought […]

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Posted in Schooling, Parenting, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, New Zealand by Russell Brown on January 23rd 2008, 27 responses