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Hart, Charles. Without Reason: A Family Copes with Two Generations of Autism (New York: Harper & Row, 1989). How autism affected the author’s uncle in the days before diagnosis and treatment, and how it has affected his son.
McDonnell, Jane Taylor. News from the Border: A Mother’s Memoir of Her Autistic Son (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1993). A vivid account of the development of an autistic child into an adolescent and young adult struggling to enter the normal world. Includes a valuable afterword by Paul McDonnell.
Maurice, Catherine. Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family’s Triumph over Autism (New York: Ballantine Books, 1994). A mother’s detailed account of her two children’s successful treatment by intensive behavioral methods. An informative and hopeful story that earns trust by its refusal to claim the method as a universal cure.
Poliak, Richard. The Creation of Dr. B: A Biography of Bruno Bettelheim (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997). A fascinating examination of the career of the man whose influence did so much to retard the understanding and treatment of autism.
Powers, Michael D., ed. Children with Autism: A Parents’ Guide (Kensington, Md.: Woodbine House, 1989). A comprehensive introduction. Extensive lists of national and state resources.
Schopler, Eric, ed. Parent Survival Manual: A Guide to Crisis Resolution and Related Developmental Disorders (New York: Plenum Press, 1995). Combining the experience of professionals and parents, this short, practical book is crammed with ingenious suggestions for dealing with the problems that arise in every aspect of daily life with an autistic child.
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The Siege: A Family’s Journey into the World of an Autistic Child.
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Appendix IV
Useful Addresses
Autism Research Institute, 4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116. Tel: (619) 281-7165; Web site: www.autism.com/ari.
Autism Services Center, 605 Ninth Street, RO. Box 507, Huntington, WV 25710-0507. Tel: (304) 525-8014; Web site: www.autismservices.com; e-mail: autismservices@aol.com.
Autism Society of America, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814-3015. Tel: (301) 657- 0881; (800) 328-8476; Web site: www. autism-society.org. Founded by parents in the days when parents were under suspicion, the society now includes thousands of parents, teachers, and physicians nationwide. With chapters in every state, it is the parent’s and teacher’s best resource, and should be every professional’s first recommendation.
MAAP Services, Inc., P.O. Box 524, Crown Point, IN 46308. Tel: (219) 662- 1311; Web site: www.maapservices.org.
Autism-Europe, Avenue E. Van Becelaere 26B, bte 21, B-1170 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32 (0)2 675 72 70; e-mail: autisme.europe@arcadis.be; Web site: www.autismeurope.arc.be.
National Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London EC1V-1NG, United Kingdom. Tel: Main switchboard, +44 (0)20 7833 2299; helpline: +44 (0)870 600 8585; e-mail: nas@nas.org.uk. Its Web site, www.oneworld. org/autism_uk, provides a link to a wide variety of sites, including international organizations and informational sites. The society maintains a listing of autism societies all over the world. Travelers who contact these will find autism opens the door to shared experience that crosses every border.
Picture Credits and Copyright Acknowledgments
Howard Levitz, TGL Photoworks, Williamstown, MA: All photographs in the color insert; photographs on pages 1, 117, and 127.
David Park: Photographs on pages 106, 107, and 128.
Rosalie Winard: All photographs in the black-and-white insert; photographs on pages iii and 105.
