Re: book(s)

[Guest guest]

the sad part is that if everyone's story had been collected from the

first...you'd have your book.

Yes, that is what I'm thinking. I really believe that most of the

answers I need are out there, but just not known to me yet. That is

frustrating. I don't think it would be that hard for someone in a high

up position in the autism world to put out a call for these kinds of

case studies. We'd need to know lots of details including test

results, what was tried and didn't work and why it didn't work, and all

the insights people get in retrospect. I don't want recipes. That's

the problem is that the general recipes that are working for lots of

kids aren't working for mine. I want the *complete* individual stories

of kids who maybe looked like long shots but got much better anyway. I

know there are some out there already. Dana's son for example. But

I've done almost everything she has--admittedly for a much briefer time

(maybe that is the answer I'm looking for??)--and my son is still far

from where I know he could be because we've had him there before.

This book would be the Harry Potter 7 of the autism world: very long

and selling like mad.

On a different book note. I am reading Lathe's Autism, Brain, and the

Environment. It covers a lot of ground. I am finding it a bit of a

hard read, but he has done a really, really good job of taking some

pretty heavy stuff and making it accessible. I would recommend to

anyone who's been doing this stuff for a while now. I'm learning a lot

of things--none of which are helping me know what steps to take right

now, but I think the knowledge may do so in the long run.

Anita