Parenting Your Child with Autism: Practical Solutions, Strategies, and Advice for Helping Your Family
About this ebook
You’ll learn how to:
• Get a diagnosis and navigate the health care and educational systems
• Make sense of your child’s treatment options
• Tap into expert opinions and your own observations to find a treatment program that works
• Become your child’s best advocate and build a better family life
“Finally, a book for parents of children newly diagnosed with autism that’s accurate and practical without being intimidating or alarmist.”
—Alison Singer, president of the Autism Science Foundation
“This wonderful book will bring comfort and practical help to many families as they search for creative ways to relieve their children’s distress, develop new skills, and find areas of joy.”
—Joseph Gold, MD, chief medical officer at McLean Hospital
About the author
M. Anjali Sastry has two sons on the autism spectrum. Drawing on her doctorate in management, she researches and teaches systems thinking and health care delivery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
Blaise Aguirre, MD, is a child psychiatrist and author. He is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is internationally recognized for his expertise in mood and personality disorders as well as his work in atypical development in adolescents.
