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Uniquely human a different way of seeing autism

Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of "autistic" symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M....

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Main Authors: Prizant, Barry M. (Author), Fields-Meyer, Thomas (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Autism.
Autism in children.
Summary: Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of "autistic" symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant, an internationally renowned autism expert, offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most successful approaches to autism don't aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but rather seeking to understand the individual's experience and what underlies the behavior.
Physical Description: x, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781476776231 (hardcover)
1476776237 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, is among the world's leading authorities on autism, with more than forty years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and international consultant. He is an adjunct professor at Brown University and coauthor of The SCERTS Model: A Comprehensive Educational Approach , now being implemented in more than a dozen countries. Dr. Prizant has published more than 120 articles and chapters and has received many awards. The author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism , Dr. Prizant lives in Cranston, Rhode Island, with his wife, Dr. Elaine Meyer, and their teenage son.

Tom Fields-Meyer is author of the critically acclaimed memoir Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love from His Extraordinary Son , a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine , The Wall Street Journal , the Los Angeles Times , and The Washington Post . The coauthor (with Barry M. Prizant) of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism , and former senior writer for People , he lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.

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