The Jumbled Jigsaw: An Insider's Approach to the Treatment of Autistic Spectrum `Fruit Salads'

Discusses autistic spectrum disorders as being, not a single entity, but as the combination of a whole range of often unrelated conditions from mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and tic disorders, to dependency, identity and personal issues, information processing, sensory perceptual problems and

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gut and immune disorders. It empowers and challenges families to look at what they can do to alter their child's environment and address the combination of underlying of underlying issues that up the tempo of each person's 'autism'. It provides carers with the information they need to navigate the expanding autism 'marketplace' and demand the right tools for the job. The author also confronts society's reluctance to embrace diversity and puts up a challenge to professionals to recognise the various conditions that lead to an autistic spectrum diagnosis, and deliver a more effective service to those in need.

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