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 The Autistic Spectrum - Lorna Wing
 The Autistic Spectrum - Lorna Wing ... on how to understand the condition and teach and care for sufferers, with hints for family members on how to cope with the stresses involved.Newest Review: ... one single easily identified condition but affects each child differently. Fortunately Lorna Wing has written an account of ... more ... autism that explains various aspects of the disorder.
It's subtitled "A Guide for Parents and Professionals", but in my view this book is mainly for parents. Professionals should already know this stuff. In practice many of them don't, but that's another separate rant. The book is divided into two sections, the first devoted to describing autism and the second to ways of helping. Wing begins the first part with a short history, and it has to be short because the condition was only discovered in the 1940s....more |
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The Autistic Spectrum - Lorna Wing: A guide for parents (131 words)
by - written on 06/07/01 (Very useful, 324 readings)
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Having a child diagnosed as autistic can come as quite a shock to many parents. It doesn't help that autism is not one single easily identified condition but affects each child differently. Fortunately Lorna Wing has written an account of autism that explains various aspects of the disorder. It's subtitled "A Guide for Parents and Professionals", but in my view this book is mainly for parents. Professionals should already know this stuff. In practice many of them don't, but that's another separate rant. The book is divided into two sections, the first devoted to describing autism and the second to ways of helping. Wing begins the first part with a ... Read the complete review
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