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Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism
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Rating:  - Engaging and Inspiring
I began my journey into the world of autism when my 3-year-old son was diagnosed with PDD. At the time, you could have fit my knowledge of autism onto the head of a pin. LET ME HEAR YOUR VOICE was one of several books I purchased on Amazon and the first one I read once they arrived.
My son's diagnosis left me utterly devastated. By the time I finished reading this book, I felt someone had turned on the light so I could begin to find my way. I was buoyed by the simple fact that recovery IS possible and this book served as a roadmap for me. I had also purchased Making a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism - also by Catherine Maurice and began my own ABA program at home while awaiting my son's admission into a Special Ed preschool program. By the time my son began school 2 months later, the teachers and therapists were wondering why he'd been diagnosed with PDD as he was markedly different from other PDD kids. Now, less than 2 years later, his score on the CARS is in the non-autistic range.
ABA is not the only treatment or cure and it is not for every child, but I believe it can bring about improvements that otherwise would not occur spontaneously. While the book is a strong advocate of ABA, it is a wonderful book to read for those who are new to the world of Autism. Giving this book as a gift would be one of the most thoughtful things you could ever do. If I had not read this book, it is doubtful I would have acquired the knowledge of autism I now have - this book was a primer for the sort of education I hope NO parent needs, but if they do, LET ME HEAR YOUR VOICE is the place to start.
Rating:  - Excellent book - but has some flaws
Oh my heart ached when I first encounted the term "cured" as described here. It's a good book - it's well written and I was barely able to put it down to cook dinner. Poignantly written and pleasantly hopeful.
My main disappointment about this book is that it doesn't navigate into public school systems. In this book, the couple's children were diagnosed very young and they had the money and resources to provide individual care and training with their children (an option that few of us have). I KNOW they did a tremendous amount of work and effort to get their children to "cured" but that's not what many of us can expect or are even led to even hope for...but it offers hope.
It's on my must-read list for anyone new to PDD/Autism, etc.
Rating: - A word from one of the "lucky" ones.
As the mother of a daughter who was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder just after her second birthday, I felt especially raw when I read this book.
If I hadn't read this book, I may have delayed ABA therapy for my own daughter. My home-based, daycare-based program has shown better results than any other therapy that we had tried before I found out about ABA. Although I have not had heard the words "recovered" or "cured", I have seen a marked improvement in my child's language, behavior and social skills. Her pediatrician remarked that the outstanding progress that we've seen is typical in about 5% of children who are diagnosed with ASD.
Thank goodness for this book. It gave me hope and set me in motion. It showed me that I could use ABA in combination with other ongoing therapies. I didn't need to choose a single path.
I don't have the funds nor the lifestyle of the author. What I do have is a drive to find a way to bring my daughter back into the world of human contact.
Rating: - Good preparation for ABA
I read this after we tried ABA. If I had read it before, I would have been much better prepared for the stress it causes the entire family. If you want to try ABA, read this first.
Rating: - a great read
This was the second book I read on the subject of autism - the first being much less optimistic. And for the optimism in this book, I thank the author. I also thank the author for bringing ABA to the limelight as a very wonderful therapy option for autistic children. She has undoubtedly forged a path through which the rest of us can come to get this service for our children. My daughter is flourishing with ABA. So I recommend this book for, as someone else put it, the shell-shocked parent with the initial diagnosis. It gives hope and sparks one to help their child and not accept they are stuck in this autistic world. I also recommend this book to the public in general - it is an uplifting tale of human accomplishment. Now, I must point out the downsides to this book - it probably does give some false hope to parents - having a child recover from autism is not as likely as one might perceive reading this. In fact, it may not be all that likely at all, though the message that our kids can do amazing things is very important! And I also think the author is fairly close-minded about other therapy options and choices other parents make - a bit of a righteous tone.
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