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All Birds Have Anxiety
Kathy Hoopmann
All Birds Have Anxiety explores the symptoms of anxiety disorder and their impact on day-to-day life through colourful images of life as a bird. Its humorous yet gentle approach recognises the stress that anxiety can cause, helping people to better understand how it feels to have anxiety. Learn More2017, Hardback, 8.58in x 8.43in / 218mm x 214mm, 72pp, CA$19.95ISBN: 97817859218272017, Ebook, PDF, 72pp, CA$19.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-454-0 -
Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder?
Nonverbal Communication, Asperger Syndrome and the Interbrain
Digby Tantam
Tantam explores current theories on nonverbal communication and how it shapes social behaviour, and the evidence for it being impaired in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He shows how knowledge of this difference can be used to overcome some of the impairments in nonverbal communication in people with ASD. Learn More2009, Hardback, 9.45in x 6.42in / 240mm x 163mm, 256pp, CA$41.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-694-42009, Ebook, ePUB, 256pp, CA$41.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-936-1 -
Dietary Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Why They Work When They Do, Why They Don't When They Don't
Kenneth J. Aitken
The author explores dietary approaches that have been advocated in ASD. For each approach, he explores the potential benefits; evidence for and against the diet; and sources of further information. He describes his own approach, the Simple Restriction Diet (SRD) explaining how to implement it and work out whether a dietary approach is of benefit. Learn More2008, Hardback, 9.49in x 6.46in / 241mm x 164mm, 272pp, CA$41.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-939-62008, Ebook, ePUB, 272pp, CA$41.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-860-9 -
Bright Splinters of the Mind
A Personal Story of Research with Autistic Savants
Beate Hermelin
Drawing on 20 years of research, Hermelin describes not just what autistic savants do, but how they do it. In her fascinating and highly informative book she describes her investigations into the nature of the talents of savants who are gifted at poetry, foreign language acquisition, the visual arts, music, and calendar and numerical calculations. Learn More2001, 192pp