Temple Grandin

Sean Barron

Born with autism, both Temple Grandin and Sean Barron now live famously successful social lives. However, their paths were quite different. Temple's logical mind controlled her social behavior. She interacted with many adults and other children, experiencing varied social situations. Logic informed her decision to obey social rules and avoid unpleasant consequences. Sean's emotions controlled his social behavior. Bafﬂed by social rules, isolated and friendless, he made up his own and applied them to others. When they inevitably broke his rules, he felt worthless and unloved. Both Temple and Sean ultimately came to terms with the social world and found their places in it. Whether you are a person with autism, a caregiver in the autism community, or just someone interested in an outsider view of society, their powerful stories will enthrall and enlighten you. The first edition of Unwritten Rules of Social Engagement was the Silver Award Winner of the Book of the Year Awards and the original edition sold more than 40,000 copies in hard cover!

Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives

Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships

Judy Barron

Judy Barron chronicles her son's battle with autism, discussing how she and the other members of the family learned to deal with his outbursts and special challenges.

There's a Boy in Here

Veronica Zysk

The authors share what they have learned about social relationships over the course of years struggling with the effects of autism, identifying Ten Unwritten Rules as general guidelines for handling social situations.

The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships

As a baby, Sean Barron seemed almost normal. Though he cried incessantly and hated being held, his parents told themselves it was just a phase. But as he grew older, his behavior became increasingly strange and uncontrollable, and the truth became all too clear: something was very, very wrong. When Judy Barron and her husband Ron sought professional help, they were brusquely told that their son suffered from an incurable condition that would only get worse with time. They had never even heard the word before: autism. In a room full of adults, Sean could not even recognize his mother and father. He rarely spoke and communicated through grunts and screams. He teased his little sister unmercifully. He developed intense fixations, such as an overwhelming fear of left-hand turns that made every family car trip a nightmare of temper tantrums. Life with Sean was impossible, but despite the odds, the Barrons refused to give up. Year after year, they gave him the drugs prescribed by condescending doctors and followed the programs devised by patronizing psychologists. And though nothing seemed to work, they sometimes caught fleeting glimpses of the helpless child inside the stranger who shared their home. They were determined to free him, and somehow their love, their rage, their patience, their sheer humanness reached him at last. A new Sean Barron appeared to tell of the years stolen from him by his mysterious disease. His account is utterly fascinating, for he remembers it all - the fury, the terrifying isolation, the desperate desire to reach out, and the paralyzing fear that made it impossible ... until his family's indomitable and courageous resolve finally released him. Told in the alternating voices of mother and son, There's a Boy in Here is at once the heartrending yet inspiring story of a mother's unceasing efforts to understand her child's bizarre, destructive behavior, and the poignant self-portrait of a boy trapped in a maze of compulsion and obsession. It is an astonishing chronicle of one family's terrifying ordeal and the miraculous awakening that brought it to an end.

Carol Gray

James Ball

Carol Kranowitz

Anita Lesko

Jed Baker

Tony Atwood

Beth Aune

Wendela Whitcomb Marsh

Katie Saint

Autism in Lockdown includes Tips and Insights from the World's Leading Experts on subjects such as: Carol Gray - Social Stories for a pandemic Dr. Tony Attwood - Latest Research on Autism and Covid 19 Temple Grandin - How the Lockdown is Affecting Me Carol Kranowitz - Sensory "Quinks" for Cooped-Up Days Dr. Jed Baker - Anxiety, Autism, and the Coronavirus Dr. Wendela Whitcomb-Marsh - How to Deal with Sudden Homeschooling Jim Ball - Maintaining Good Behavior During Lockdown Beth Aune - OT Support for Sensory, Motor Skills and Self-care Anita Lesko - My Experiences as a Woman with Autism in the Medical Professional Sean Barron - How to Cope During Lockdown Katie Saint - Depression During the Lockdown

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