Essential book for every family

The information in this book is essential for every parent it will make you understand way your child behave in certain way and how to respond to it

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Great for parents too!

I am a parent of a child with an ASD. This book has helped me to better understand her behaviour. It has also helped me greatly with parenting techniques and how to help and prevent meltdowns. This book gives me hope for her future!

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not what I'd hoped for

Maybe as an autistic person I was expecting something more from the often lauded Temple Grandin but this book left me confused and cold... apparently I finished the title at some point, but none of it was really memorable or indeed meaningful for me personally

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For neurotypicsls

This book is not a self help book for people on the spectrum as I expected. Rather its for neurotypical parents who's children are sowewhere in middle of the spectrum to make them inderstand their little troublemakers a little bit better. It's quite exhousting and very detailed as expected because its written by people who are really autistic. But after six hours of listening time I'm getting bit frustrated because Despite the lengths there is very little to learn and despite all criticism I like personal stories of the authors as I can relate back to my own childhood and remember situations which were already in trashcan somewhere deep in my brain and it's good refreshment of my early memories. I've been very lucky to kind of outgrow the sensory issues I had early on so it really helped me to concentrate on the world around me much better than if I kept struggling to pass around butcher shop or Isle of laundry detergents. I suppose I tried subconsciously forget all my struggles. As for someone who most probably has both AS and ADHD its very boring and hard to keep on to the very end.
However it made it more clear to me as how my son might experience the world around him and what I could do better as parent.
At least two sections of the book are repeated more than once. The audio book needs serious editing.
But most off all I just really hate the narrator. He's trying to immitate monotonous high pitched tone of voice which autistic people usually use and it's really annoying and confusing. Transitions are unclear as I don't know if that part is Temple Grandin speaking or Sean Barron. I have to go back and forth all the time to find out. I would give it much higher rating if the narrator just sounded normal.

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It's not useful for people with autism.

It's only maybe remotely useful for parents of children with very specific kinds of autism. The book is about 2 people with autism that say the world was better to grow up in when they did and they tell an extreme amount about their own, very specific problems they encountered. mostly growing up.

I don't know why we would want to know that. It doesn't feel like they're trying to learn you something, it feel like they just want to talk (or write) about their life.

So I can't recommend it. They say it's a practical book but the amount of times they exclusively talk about themselves (95% of the time if not more). Which is not useful at all except if you're them. I found no practical things you can try in real life with the "help" the writers provide in this book unfortunately l.

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