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Engaging Autism: Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think with the DIR Floortime Approach
by Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Wieder
by Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Wieder
Can I really say I "like" this book? I mean hello -- I would prefer NOT to be reading a book about strategies to help my autistic son fit into the world. (Why no, I'm not bitter, why do you ask? Oh, because of that whole issue where the general public as a whole is not compassionate to people who are different?)
I'm working my way through this and so far the advice is sound and the writing is clear. How's that for a review?
I'm working my way through this and so far the advice is sound and the writing is clear. How's that for a review?
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Aug 15, 2007 08:34am
As you have mentioned recently, the world is rarely compassionate to those who are different but don't look different! Or at least, such situations may lessen individuals' ability to recognize that sensitivity is called for. That is a whole separate issue for these parents (and of course their offspring) to cope with, above and beyond learning/thinking/communicating issues which are critical also.
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Maybe I should write a book entitled "Parenting an Exceptional Child in an Unsympathetic World?" Because the more I deal with the world in relation to my two kids -- one gifted, one autistic --the more I understand that our country wants its children to be "blessedly mediocre." (To quote Gaston, I believe!)
