Autism reading suggestions

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Dd is nearly 4 and has gdd. Having spent a year driving myself sick w worry on Dr Google I stopped reading. Now we ate finally in a place where autism seems the only option left - the professionals dealing w her seem to be indicating they believe it's autism. We are waiting for an assessment but I feel up to reading things and would like suggestions. She is very motor impaired, non verbal and almost non communicative so books more on that side of the spectrum would be most relevant
Thanks for any suggestions

I'd suggest joining Cerebra lending library as they will post you books for free.

Jessica Kingsley Publishers website is a good place to see whats available

Oooo free books - brilliant thank you v good idea

It takes two to talk & More than words by hanen I found were very useful. Very easy to read with lots of practical advise.

We have those - I do like them and hope we will get another hanen course soon. More thinking of lit by parents and specialists

I read 'let me hear your voice' when my daughter was ~2. I knew then that ABA will help us. Took me another year to convince DH we need it.

I recently read 'Carly's voice'. Liked it a lot. She is non verbal and it chimed with me.

I second both salondon's suggestions, loved both those books!

I also recommend 'overcoming autism' by lynn kern koegel as i found it to be a sort of one stop shop that you can dip into, with chapters covering different aspects of life such as eating, sleeping, obsessions etc.

Another practical guide is 'playing laughing and learning with children on the autism spectrum by julia moor, with lots of ideas for play ideas.

I like 'overcoming autism' too. Not the title though. Its really an ABA success story but was the first thing I read that made me feel hopeful rather than despondent.

I haven't read Carly's voice - Carly has her own blog I think and was non verbal until teens.

a short one but in my opinion absolute essential ( you can find article online)- 10 things a child with autism wish you knew. I made my family read it too.