I Know You're in There: Winning Our War Against Autism - Couverture souple

Hinds, Marcia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1510771069 ISBN 13 : 9781510771062

Editeur : Skyhorse, 2022

Synopsis

This isn’t just another one of those autism books for parents. Rather, this book is a groundbreaking guide that will give both parents and doctors treating autism tools and a pathway to help your child.

There was something wrong with Ryan. His parents knew it before the psychiatrist predicted he would end up in an institution. Ryan was diagnosed as autistic at age four. He wouldn’t look people in the eye, had troubles with socialization, difficulties with language and more like most kids that range from mild, to severe autism, or even asperbergers. Like all parents who receive this diagnosis, that day changed everything as your ticket is punched to autism island, population one or two. There was no understanding your child with autism . . . no manual for parenting autism . . . recovery from autism . . . there was no cure . . . there was no hope. Or was there?

I Know You’re in There tells the true story of how, through diet, applied behavior analysis (ABA), consistent and rigorous medical treatment, and more, Ryan’s family took the jump and was able work on healing the symptoms known as autism and ultimately to overcome autism. It took a lot of trial and error, but today Ryan isn’t just high functioning on the autism spectrum disorder, but rather uniquely human and is an aerospace engineer, has friends, relationships, and lives a happy “typical” life. His recovery wasn’t miraculous, but instead the result of getting proper medical care, and his parents never taking “no” for an answer.

This book provides an early start for your child with autism. Marcia sincerely provides real world examples and actionable steps to take to get your child the treatment and care that could help them beat autism. If your child has been diagnosed with autism, or the warning signs are there, which are also covered here, I Know You’re in There is an indispensable resource in your fight against autism spectrum disorder.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marcia Hinds has more than fifteen years’ experience as a an educational and behavorial consultant. She works with children on the autism spectrum and advocates for their families. Marcia holds a bachelor's in Psychology and Sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a credentialed K-12 teacher. Ironically, Marcia, along with her husband Frank, worked in the UCLA Young Autism Project under Dr. Ivar Lovass as undergraduates at UCLA. As therapists they used Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) before all the research was in about the effectiveness of ABA. Thirteen years later, that training came in handy when Ryan came along and their lives changed forever.

Marcia’s most impressive credential for writing this book is that she is Ryan’s and Megan’s mother and her family survived their war against autism. As a result of combining medical, behavioral, and educational interventions, Ryan recovered. Ryan now works as an aerospace systems engineer for a major Fortune 500 company. But more important than that . . . Ryan has friends, a social life, and is happy. In short, he is living the life all parents want for their children. He does everything the “experts” said would never happen. Ryan’s inspirational story brings hope to families in the trenches still struggling to help their children.

Dr. James B. Adams is an autism researcher with over forty publications focused on biomedical causes of autism and treatments for it, the president of the Autism Society of Greater Phoenix for nineteen years, the president of the Autism Nutrition Research Center, the co-leader of the scientific advisory board of the Autism Research Institute, and the co-founder of the Neurological Health Foundation.
Dr. Adams is a father of 3 children including an adult daughter with autism, and that is what led him to shift much of his research emphasis to autism, focusing on biological causes. His research group is dedicated to finding the causes of autism, hot to prevent autism, and how to best help people with autism. Hi research team and collaborators include many physicians, nutritionists, biochemists, scientists and other staff. Their focus is primarily on biomedical issues, including nutritional deficiencies, heavy metal toxicity, and bacterial and yeast overgrowths in the gut.

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Excerpt from Chapter Four

Ryan was the toddler from hell! Normal activities of daily life were now confrontations. Doing simple things such as putting on shoes or a coat were more than difficult for Ryan and completely frustrating for me.

Ryan confused me. There were many incidents and behaviors to indicate that my son was struggling developmentally, but I spent most of my time trying to justify his behavior. I pretended his extreme intelligence caused these immense challenges to our family’s daily life. Any connection between Ryan having a meltdown over brushing his teeth and Ryan having superior intelligence was questionable. But that’s how I coped. Making that connection comforted me and reduced my concerns about him.

Dressing Ryan was always a struggle of wills. He always wanted to play and eat before ever considering getting dressed. I compromised back then and let him eat immediately after he opened his eyes. However, on the days when the needs of other family members meant he needed to get dressed before playing and eating, a battle ensued. “Mr. Touchy Feely” only agreed to clothing that felt soft and hated anything with buttons. Wearing jeans was out of the question, and every tag needed to be cut out of every shirt.

Ryan needed to do things in the same order—always his order—and the way that he decided they should be done. When I put on Ryan’s coat, he wouldn’t go outside unless it was zipped all the way to the top. He had to wear a hood and never wore a hat. To protect his hands from frostbite, I had to fight him each and every time to make sure he wore mittens during our cold Minnesota winters. There were so many weird things about our daily life with Ryan. But doing things differently was already the norm for us. We didn’t notice the absurdity of all the things we did almost subconsciously to prevent Ryan from having another over-the-top tantrum.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Skyhorse
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1510771069
• ISBN 13: 9781510771062
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible