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Let Me Hear Your Voice
by Catherine Maurice

Highly recommended to me by one of my student's parents.

Let Me Hear Your Voice is the story of how one mother, working with many teachers and caregivers -- and against the "conventional" notion that autism is not curable, coached her son out of autism. Just when the reader becomes relieved that Maurice's son is no longer showing signs of autism, Maurice notices something is wrong with her daughter. The author details her story of a family with two autism children found a way to bring her children back. The bravery, consistency, love, and patience of this family, especially the mother, is a great lesson for all of us.

As a music teacher, I was interested in the teaching methods used to reach autistic children.


 

Thinking in Pictures and other Reports from My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin with a forward by Oliver Sacks

This was the first book I read about autism. I found the way the author describes autism very interesting. It helped me think of ways to try to teach one of my autistic children. I must say that I still have trouble handling Grandin's job (a designer of livestock-handling facilities) but you can sense how much she really cares for animals.

 

 

Animals in Translation : Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin with a forward by Oliver Sacks

I haven't read this book but I plan to.

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
a novel by Mark Haddon

A murder mystery with an autistic child as the detective who solves the mystery. Another interesting look at how the mind of an autistic person might work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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