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Product Description: A Poignant and Inspiring Story of a Family Whose Child Emerges from Autism.Unlocked begins with a vivid depiction of the author’s life with her autistic son, Ben. Feelings of isolation, self-hate, and even moments of hatred toward her own child in response to his behaviors, as well as the impact on her marriage and younger daughter, impel her to seek solutions for his condition...read more

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9781632207197 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, March 3, 2015, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: A Poignant and Inspiring Story of a Family Whose Child Emerges from Autism.

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Product Description: Digging into vivid moments within the metaphor of archaeology, Bruce Mills's remarkable memoir maps the artifacts of life as a father of a boy with autism, and as a boy himself growing up in rural Iowa. An Archaeology of Yearning is not ultimately about autism; instead it reaches into the world of human connection and illuminates how storytelling and an understanding of language keep that connection alive...read more

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9780312029883, titled "Win the Food Fight: The 7 Week Victory Diet" | St Martins Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $17.95 | also contains Win the Food Fight: The 7 Week Victory Diet | About this edition: Suggests healthful, low-fat recipes, outlines a program of proper nutrition and exercise, and describes the eating habits

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9780983934691 | Etruscan Pr, November 5, 2013, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Digging into vivid moments within the metaphor of archaeology, Bruce Mills's remarkable memoir maps the artifacts of life as a father of a boy with autism, and as a boy himself growing up in rural Iowa.

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Product Description: In this deeply moving and elegantly written book, Halfdan W. Freihow takes Gabriel, his young autistic son, on a journey through the full spectrum of human experience. With great love, profound tenderness, and gentle wit, Freihow captures Gabriel’s triumphs and disappointments, his joy and frustration, while struggling to help him make sense of a world that he himself does not, and cannot, fully comprehend...read more

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9781770891005 | House of Anansi Pr, June 12, 2012, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In this deeply moving and elegantly written book, Halfdan W.

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Product Description: When we tell someone that our child is autistic, the most common response is a sad face and an apologetic look. I hate it when people say 'I'm sorry to hear that' Parenting a child on the autistic spectrum can be tough at the best of times, but few books take the time to celebrate the love and laughter an autistic child can elicit in their parents and those around them...read more

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9781849050999 | Jessica Kingsley Pub, June 15, 2010, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When we tell someone that our child is autistic, the most common response is a sad face and an apologetic look.

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Product Description: Matthew's Enigma unfolds the complex relationship between a father, who is a Romanian emigré and distinguished university professor, and his son, who was diagnosed with autism when he was 7 years old. Matei Calinescu's desire to understand Matthew—his namesake—is the theme of this moving memoir...read more

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9780253352972 | Indiana Univ Pr, January 14, 2009, cover price $50.00

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9780253220660 | Indiana Univ Pr, January 15, 2009, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Matthew's Enigma unfolds the complex relationship between a father, who is a Romanian emigré and distinguished university professor, and his son, who was diagnosed with autism when he was 7 years old.

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Product Description: Danson is a collection of 50 poems by an 8-year-old non-verbal autistic boy, Danson Wambua, with commentary by his mother Michele. This book comes at a moment of intense public focus on the mysteries of autism. For the families of over a million autistic children, Danson's poems offer hope and illumination...read more

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9780980028843 | St Lynns Pr, March 1, 2009, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Danson is a collection of 50 poems by an 8-year-old non-verbal autistic boy, Danson Wambua, with commentary by his mother Michele.

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By Kim Miller (illustrator)

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9781843108894 | Jessica Kingsley Pub, October 1, 2008, cover price $31.95

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Product Description: A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism is a memoir about life with an autistic son, Matthew, written from his mother s perspective. It answers the many questions that people have about autism through the story of Matthew s life spanning from babyhood to young adulthood...read more

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9780980183603 | 1 original edition (Landscape Pr, July 7, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism is a memoir about life with an autistic son, Matthew, written from his mother s perspective.

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By Gary Cole (foreword by), Teddi Cole (foreword by), Firestone and Catherine Lord (foreword by)

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9781843108375 | Jessica Kingsley Pub, October 15, 2007, cover price $39.95

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Product Description: Dear Gabriel is a deeply moving and elegantly written confessional in the form of a letter from a father to his young son. With great love, pride, and a profound wonder, Freihow describes a complex, loving relationship with young Gabriel that is sometimes fraught with misunderstanding, but bolstered by unconditional love...read more

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9781596922495 | Macadam Cage Pub, August 24, 2007, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Dear Gabriel is a deeply moving and elegantly written confessional in the form of a letter from a father to his young son.

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Traces the development of a non-verbal, autistic, and badly abused six-year-old foster child who throughout the years following his adoption was able to attend and earn high marks at regular school while reconnecting with his sister, in an account told from the boy's perspective.

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9781590511299 | Other Pr Llc, May 1, 2007, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Traces the development of a non-verbal, autistic, and badly abused six-year-old foster child who throughout the years following his adoption was able to attend and earn high marks at regular school while reconnecting with his sister, in an account told from the boy's perspective.

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A father's attempt to understand his son's autism offers insights into a bizarre and mysterious world of mental isolation.

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9781600940033 | Da Capo Pr, August 28, 2006, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: A father's attempt to understand his son's autism offers insights into a bizarre and mysterious world of mental isolation.

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9781569242919 | Da Capo Pr, August 17, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A father's attempt to understand his son's autism offers insights into a bizarre and mysterious world of mental isolation.

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Product Description: 'Had we had just one wish to be granted in the past in coping with Mark's autism, what would we have asked for? We would have asked for the gift of wisdom. The wisdom that comes with knowledge.' - Ann Hewetson, Chapter 19 Laughter and Tears is a first-hand account of parenting Mark, a young man with autism, and also of a mother's struggle to understand and appreciate her son's condition...read more

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9781843103318 | 1 edition (Jessica Kingsley Pub, March 30, 2005), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: 'Had we had just one wish to be granted in the past in coping with Mark's autism, what would we have asked for?

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Describes how Karston, who suffers from autism-related problems, struggled with food and environmental allergies, and presents the 'Allergy Buster System' with four 'Allergy Buster Keys' that he and his caregivers use to manage them.

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9781843107828 | Jessica Kingsley Pub, September 30, 2004, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes how Karston, who suffers from autism-related problems, struggled with food and environmental allergies, and presents the 'Allergy Buster System' with four 'Allergy Buster Keys' that he and his caregivers use to manage them.

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Product Description: Faced with her two-year-old toddler's precipitous bout with epilepsy and his puzzling behaviors, Valerie Paradiz took a bold and unusual path, coming to terms with and ultimately embracing the strange beauty of her son Elijah's special neurological disorder, which was diagnosed as Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism...read more

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9780743204453 | Free Pr, April 1, 2002, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The mother of a child diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome shares her ordeal with this often misunderstood disease, introducing readers to the ins and outs of high-functioning autism.

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9781416567769 | Free Pr, June 25, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Faced with her two-year-old toddler's precipitous bout with epilepsy and his puzzling behaviors, Valerie Paradiz took a bold and unusual path, coming to terms with and ultimately embracing the strange beauty of her son Elijah's special neurological disorder, which was diagnosed as Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
9781843108023 | Revised edition (Jessica Kingsley Pub, June 30, 2005), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: This provocative and pioneering book is both a refreshing exploration of the history of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and a powerful story of the author's own struggle with her son Elijah's Asperger's Syndrome.

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Suggests healthful, low-fat recipes, outlines a program of proper nutrition and exercise, and describes the eating habits

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9780312029883 | St Martins Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $17.95 | also contains An Archaeology of Yearning | About this edition: Suggests healthful, low-fat recipes, outlines a program of proper nutrition and exercise, and describes the eating habits

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781559270403 | St Martins Pr, April 1, 1990, cover price $9.95

A clinical psychoanalyst recounts his agonized struggle to teach a twelve-year-old girl to speak

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9780385053808 | Doubleday, June 1, 1970, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A clinical psychoanalyst recounts his agonized struggle to teach a deformed twelve-year-old girl to speak

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9780440364573, titled "No Language but a Cry" | Reissue edition (Laurel Leaf, May 1, 1988), cover price $6.50 | About this edition: A clinical psychoanalyst recounts his agonized struggle to teach a twelve-year-old girl to speak

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9780606041867, titled "No Language but a Cry" | Demco Media, May 1, 1988, cover price $12.64 | About this edition: A clinical psychoanalyst recounts his agonized struggle to teach a twelve-year-old girl to speak

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A mother depicts her struggle with the autism of her child, Elly, and describes Elly's increasing communication abilities, range of emotions, and human relations

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9780316690768 | Revised edition (Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1982), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A mother depicts her struggle with the autism of her child, Elly, and describes Elly's increasing communication abilities, range of emotions, and human relations

The author describes what it is like to raise an autistic child, explains the biological causes of autism, and tells how to help such children lead a more normal life

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9780879491673 | Ashley Books, December 1, 1981, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The author describes what it is like to raise an autistic child, explains the biological causes of autism, and tells how to help such children lead a more normal life

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