Empowered Autism Parenting: Celebrating and Defending Your Child's Place in the World

How parents can appreciate their autistic children prevent them from being pathologized over-medicated and marginalized In this groundbreaking book William Stillman an expert and passionate advocate on behalf of those with autism offers a commonsense guide for parenting children with autism. He gives mothers and fathers caregivers and teachers the information they need to recognize the child with autisms unique personality passions and intellect and therefore liberate them from todays culture of fear. He shows why the current conventional incentive and reward systems send the wrong message to kids with autism and just dont work. This book offers a sensible ten-step guide for enriching relationships with kids with autism through a belief in their essential competence. Includes information that liberates parents from the culture of fear surrounding autism Explains how kids with autism are intelligent but may have unconventional methods of communication that need to be understood and appreciated Shows why your child doesnt need traditional therapy or medication to "treat" autism Written by an acclaimed expert on the topic of autism who is himself an adult with Aspergers Syndrome