SuitabookThe survival guide for kids with autism spectrum disorders (and their parents)
Elizabeth Verdick
- Reading
- Read together at your child’s pace. Use a checklist or fact box as a starting point, and pause to talk through what fits your child’s experience rather than treating every example as universal.
- Themes
- Autism and self-understanding: The guide discusses differing strengths, social preferences, interests and repeated movements, and aims to help children understand and accept themselves. The stated emphasis supports a self-accepting approach, while examples also recognise that children’s experiences vary.
- Everyday strategies and support: The book offers strategies for communication, making and keeping friends, school, routines and getting support from family and helpers. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Topics include intense emotions and behaviours, symptom management, hygiene and toileting. These may feel personal; consider which sections your child wants to explore together and which to leave for another time.