The Oasis Guide To Asperger Syndrome: Advice, Support, Insight, And Inspiration - Hardcover

Simon Baron-Cohen; Tony Attwood

 
9781400081523: The Oasis Guide To Asperger Syndrome: Advice, Support, Insight, And Inspiration
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1400081521 ISBN 13: 9781400081523
Publisher: Harmony Books, 2005

Synopsis

The founder of OASIS, an award-winning Web site about Asperger Syndrome, offers parents of victims of this socially debilitating childhood disease advice and support, in an updated handbook that incorporates the latest developments in research into the ailment, its diagnosis and evaluation, medication treatments and social skills development, and other therapeutic options. 20,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Patricia Romanowski Bashe, M.S. Ed., co-owner of OASIS, has worked as an author and editor for more than twenty years. She has cowritten more than twenty-three books, including four national bestsellers. She is a certified special education teacher and executive director of the David Center, a Long Island–based not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving children and families facing autism spectrum disorders. She lives on Long Island, New York.

Barbara L. Kirby is the founder and moderator of OASIS, the award-winning online source for AS information and support. She moderates several online support forums and was a founding member of ASC-US, Inc. (Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the United States) and serves on its advisory board. She is also on the board of Homes for Independence, an organization that helps adults with autism spectrum disorders achieve home ownership. She lives in Delaware. Both Bashe and Kirby are parents of children with Asperger Syndrome.

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Publisher
Harmony Books
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1400081521
ISBN 13 
9781400081523
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
498