‘Growing Up with Autism’ provides an overview of many important aspects that families and service providers of individuals with autism face across the lifespan from early intervention services to planning for transition to adult programs. The intended audience of the book appears to be parents of individuals with autism, however, the broad coverage middle and late childhood issues make this book likely to be of interest to other professionals including educators, therapists, clinicians, job coaches, legal professionals, physicians, and advocates. The book is structured in three sections (Part I: The Individual with Autism; Part II: Family and Caregivers of the Individual with Autism; Part III: Community Aspects of Intervention). …
Robin L. Gabriels and Dina E. Hill (Editors): Growing Up with Autism. Working with School-Age Children and Adolescents
New York, NY, Guilford Press, 2007, xviii +302 pp. $35.00. (hardback)