I have just received a copy of the following book:   “Special Needs and Legal Entitlement” The Essential Guide to getting out of the Maze by Melinda Nettleton and John Friel Jessica Kingsley Publishers Both Melinda and John have an interest in the area, both as parents and as lawyers. The chapters are as follows:…

Book Review of   “FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES, GET UP EIGHT” By Naoki Higashida, Introduced by David Mitchell Translated by David Mitchel and K A Yoshida Publisher: Sceptre; Unabridged edition edition (11 July 2017) Some of you may have read “The Reason I Jump”, which was Naoki Higashida’s account of Autism from inside. The book…

Book Review of   “Digital Kids” How to Balance Screen Time, and Why it Matters By Martin L. Kutscher, MD Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Digital Kids is a guide aimed at parents seeking control over their children’s technology and internet usage. I will preface this review by saying that I do not belong to the…

Once again, our thanks to Dr Luke Beardon for his incredibly insightful, moving and at times funny presentation at our Post-Diagnostic Support Group. He was kind enough to give Axia some copies of his new book ‘Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Adults’ and I had the pleasure or reading it and here is my review:…

Book Review of   “The Adolescent and Adult Neuro-diversity Handbook:” Asperger Syndrome, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Related Conditions by Sarah Hendrickx Jessica Kingsley Publishers I have recently been reviewing the book lists that we send out with our diagnostic reports and some of you will be very familiar with those. Thus, we have booklists for…

Book Review of   “IS IT OK TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT AUTISM?” By Abi Rawlins with Catherine Frizzell Foreword by: Michael Barton Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers (21 Mar. 2017) The foreword is by Michael Barton, who is the author and illustrator of ‘It’s Raining Cats and Dogs” and “A Different Kettle of Fish” Michael originally…

Book Review of   “I Dream in Autism:” Not everything in colour is black and white. by Richard Maguire Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (24 Mar. 2014) I had the privilege of chairing the Adult Stream at the National Autistic Society’s Professionals Conference in which Richard was a speaker. The theme of his talk was…

Book Review of   “WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER” Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age by Sarah Hendrickx Jessica Kingsley Publishers I felt privileged to chair the session that Sarah Hendrickx did at the Nation Autistic Society’s Conference which was held at Harrogate on 7 and 8 March 2017. Her…

Book Review of   “BITTERSWEET ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM” Edited by Luke Beardon, PhD and Dean Worton Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. I have just read the second of two books edited by Luke Beardon and Dean Worton which is called Bittersweet on the Autism Spectrum. 28 writers describe positive experiences they have had on…

Book Review of   “THE BACK TO FRONT WORLD OF AZZIE ARTBUCKLE” by Beth Montgomery Publisher: Your Stories Matter (30 Jan. 2017) This is another in the “Your Stories Matter” publications and begins with a very nice foreword “For all the amazing people out there who have struggled and not known why. This is for…

Book Review of   “LOVE, PARTNERSHIP OR SINGLETON ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM” Edited by Luke Beardon, PhD and Dean Worton Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. There are forewords at the beginning of the book from Sarah Hendrickx, Dean Beadle and Tony Attwood. The book is a collection of chapters, 26 in total, where people with…

Book Review of   “VERA McLUCKIE AND THE DAYDREAM CLUB” by Jane Evans (Author), Ruth Mutch (Illustrator) Publisher: Your Stories Matter (30 Jan. 2017) This is another book in the ‘Your Stories Matter’ collection. ‘Your stories matter’ are independent educational book publishers that are primarily about social rather than financial profit. They have done an…

Book Review of   “EMILY’S SISTER” A Family’s Journey with Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) by Michele Gianetti (Author) and Tanja Russita (Illustrator) Publishers: Explainer HQ Based upon a real life experience, written by a parent of a child with Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder and it focuses on Emily, the sister of the…

Book Review of   “Understanding and Evaluating Autism Theory” by Nick Chown Jessica Kingsley Publishers Nick Chown is an independent Autism Researcher and Trainer who was one of Luke Beardon’s PhD students. The book focuses on the main theories of Autism, in particular, executive functioning, central coherence and Theory of Mind, however, it does bring…

Book Review of “Creative, Successful, Dyslexic” 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories by Margaret Rooke, Foreword by Mollie King Jessica Kingsley Publishers It begins with a quote by Albert Einstein “everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it…

Book Review of “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Ehlers-Danlos (Type III) – Hypermobility Syndrome: Working with the Chronic Complex Patient” Isobel Knight ISBN: 978-1848190801 Jessica Kingsley Publishers This book is about a multi-disciplinary approach to managing multi-systemic conditions such as ED-S Type III now known as Hypermobility Syndrome. The six types of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome are…

Book Review of “You Can’t Do That” Written and illustrated by Sue Wood ISBN: 978-1909320611 Funky Gerbil Press The book is primarily about an elephant who has a dream but a crowd of people including a doctor, the fireman and newspaper reporter think it is silly. The book focuses on whether his dream becomes a…

Book Review of “You’re So Clumsy Charley.” by Jane Binnion (Author), Colin Shelbourn (Illustrator) This book was recommended to me by a parent.  It was published in 2013 and somehow I seem to have missed it.  I note that in 2015 the British Dyspraxia Foundation ordered several hundred copies to be put into primary schools…