(autyzm) The Autism Sourcebook.pdf

THE AUTISM

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

ABOUT DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT,

COPING, AND HEALING

KAREN SIFF EXKORN

An e-book excerpt from

SOURCEBOOK

To Franklin and Jake

with love

The children and their families proﬁled in this book are based

on actual people. With the exception of our son, Jake; my hus-

band, Franklin; and parents who gave permission to be identi-

ﬁed, all names, identities, and some details have been changed

to respect the privacy of the families.

Throughout the book, I’ve tried to be sensitive with regard to

ascribing different gender labels (such as using he or she to

describe a nonspeciﬁc child or individual) whenever possible,

but in some cases, I ascribe only one gender to a subject to

preserve the ﬂow of the text. I also use the word parents in the

book. Please know that this is done for purposes of simplicity

and is not meant to exclude single parents, caretakers,

guardians, signiﬁcant others, and partners.