TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prizant,Barry M.
AU  - Fields-Meyer,Thomas
TI  - Uniquely human: a different way of seeing autism 
SN  - 9781476776231
AV  - RJ506.A9 P77 2015
U1  - 618.92/85882 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Autism
KW  - Autism in children
N1  - "Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one. Understanding autism. Ask "Why?" -- Listen -- Enthusiasms -- Trust, fear, and control -- Emotional memory -- Social understanding -- Part two. Living with autism. What it takes to "get it" -- Wisdom from the circle -- The real experts -- The long view -- Energize the spirit -- The big questions -- A guide to resources -- About the SCERTS model
N2  - Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of "autistic" symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant, an internationally renowned autism expert, offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most successful approaches to autism don't aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but rather seeking to understand the individual's experience and what underlies the behavior
ER  -