Comments on: Overcoming Autism

By: Qui DIaz

Qui DIaz — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:20:41 +0000

My niece has autism pretty profound and has been fortunate to have a proactive family and those of us who work in the field. I am hoping to help out in bigger ways and wondering what inspired you? Your son for sure, and how wonderful that things have been working out, i wish the same for my niece.

By: Waingeseeni

Waingeseeni — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:09:39 +0000

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By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:48:56 +0000

I’m thrilled you’ve found so much to love in the book. Thanks for letting me know!

By: EllieNYC

EllieNYC — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:26:26 +0000

I have a son (17years old) on the spectrum [as well as a 20year old daughter w/ADHD] & I teach adolescents with autism AND — I loved / love this book. I’ve read it completely several times & more often parts of it. Thank you thank you thank you, and Dr. Koegel:

By: keepitreal

keepitreal — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:35:08 +0000

The term autistic has been misused to describe persons with anything from cerebral allergies and schizophrenia to attention deficient disorder and post traumatic disorder. Sadly, few doctors and educators understand true cases of autism to make a correct diagnosis. So they go with the latest media driven flow. Pick and choose from a broad and ever expanding spectrum. Or worse, they guess. The hallmark traits of autism are: sensitivity to sounds, specific tastes in food/drink, strange body postures, repetitive behaviors, inability to control emotions or excitement, poor reasoning skills, needs routines, resists changes, sense of direction and memory better than other skills, thinking based on association, not reasoning, once distracted by olfactory, visual or auditory stimuli, they become preoccupied. This is markedly DIFFERENT than ADHD, in that ADHD presents as easily distracted by stimuli, BUT, the person bounces focus from one thing to another. ADHD people don’t stay hyper-focused or fixate on something. That is what you will see a truly autistic person do. Fixate. Appear to be in a world of their own. Not wanting to play or socialize with others. Not wanting to play or socialize with others is only a hallmark trait of autism when it ALSO involves, not willfully choosing to ignore or not play with others. A truly autistic person doesn’t choose to not play or socialize, it’s simply who they are– not to play or socialize with others—is in itself the core of autism—within oneself. They may show signs of affection or social skills, but it will almost always be brief.

Autism research examines high functioning Autism (and Aspergers) but continues to ignore low functioning (severely) autistic subjects. So, if research is focused exclusively, or almost exclusively, on participants with high functioning autism or Aspergers, HOW much do we REALLY know about Autistic Disorder which, by definition, includes those with low functioning autism if we don’t’ study low functioning autism? Let’s be honest, many researchers are uninterested in an autism case that doesn’t have a direct bearing on a positive grant flow

By: Anna Caruso

Anna Caruso — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:52:13 +0000

Hello my name is Anna Caruso and I have a son 6 years old. I loved the book overcoming autism and would love to communicate with you in relation to your opinion of this disorder. I live in Australia (Adelaide).