It is estimated that one in two hundred and fifty children is diagnosed with autism, a statistic that has increased at a staggering rate over last fifteen years. This recent upsurge has led to an increased awareness of the disease as well as heightened contro-versy as parents, educators, and medical experts struggle with conflicting advice on how to cope with difficult diagnoses and myriad treatment efforts.

In The Autism Book, health parenting journalist S. Jhoanna Robledo and Dawn Ham-Kucharski, an impassioned advocated for autistic children, use their firsthand knowledge and experience to objectively and compassionately answer the questions of parents and educators of autistic children. The authors offer comprehensive information oncauses, diagnoses, manifestations, treatment options, family relationships, par-enting and lifestyle issues, education, and many other common concerns.

 

S.Jhoanna Robledo is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in New York maga-zine, Self, Real simple, Newsweek, and American Baby. She is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and lives in New York City with her family.