{"product_id":"understanding-your-child-with-autism","title":"Understanding Your Child with Autism: A Family Guide to the Spectrum, Support, and Helping Them Live Well as Themselves","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost parents read their first book about autism at night, on a phone, after somebody used the word for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was written for that moment — and for the years afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with what parents most need to hear in the first week: that autism is strongly heritable and not caused by anything you did, that vaccines do not cause it, and that rising diagnosis reflects better recognition rather than an epidemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen it does something most books do not. It explains autism from the inside as well as the outside — because a child who is comprehensible is a child you can help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the spectrum is a profile, not a line — and why “mild” and “severe” mislead in both directions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe children nobody notices: only about one in five autistic girls is diagnosed before eleven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the child who is perfect at school falls apart at four o'clock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sensory world — the single biggest explanation for daily behaviour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy communication aids do not stop children speaking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeltdowns and shutdowns: why the trigger is rarely the cause, and why discipline works on neither\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterventions: what the evidence shows, what autistic adults say, and the eight questions to ask any provider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy around 96 per cent of autistic children have a co-occurring condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchool, siblings, adolescence, and building an adult life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in current evidence, with a full reference list. 17 chapters, written for parents with no medical background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal is not a less autistic child. It is an understood child, a communicating child, a less distressed child — and an adult who can live well as themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback edition $19.99. Digital edition $12.99 — read it tonight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Ahmed Badawy is a paediatrician and neonatologist with over a decade of experience in tertiary neonatal intensive care. He holds MRCPCH (UK), certification from the European Board of Paediatrics, and the European Diploma in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, and has published in NeoReviews, a journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talented LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48974423589118,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/4263\/2190\/files\/PeacefulChild_sPlayonBookCover.jpg?v=1789588434","url":"https:\/\/hopetohelpyou.com\/products\/understanding-your-child-with-autism","provider":"HopeToHelpYou","version":"1.0","type":"link"}