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ATL017 Diagnosis Autism Now What?

10 Steps to Improve Treatment Outcomes

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Devastation … Helplessness … Distress … Grief … Anger. These words describe the feelings of parents who have been told their child has autism. This diagnosis is heard more and more often. The lifelong disability of autism is occurring in near-epidemic proportions. In the United States and Canada, 1 in 68 families currently has a child with this disorder.

Autism is a complex neurological disorder characterized by profound delays in communication and social interaction. When a child first receives this diagnosis from a physician, the parents often feel abandoned with little hope for the future. Many don’t know where to turn for advice.

“But, there is hope, even though it is a long, arduous journey for parents,” says Lawrence P. Kaplan, Ph.D., author of the new book Diagnosis Autism: Now What? “We provide parents of children with autism immediate answers and achievable teaching strategies with an easy-to-follow 10-step program. There weren’t any guidelines or a clear path to follow when our son received the diagnosis ten years ago. Now there is a book to help walk parents through a practical step-by-step process.”

Dr. Bernard Rimland, founder of the Autism Society of America who now leads the Autism Research Institute says," Lawrence Kaplan has provided parents a very valuable, easy-to-use guidebook that will simplify their lives and help their children. Diagnosis Autism: Now What? reflects Dr. Kaplan’s extensive experience as both the parent of an autistic child and an educator. Well done!”

Parent educator and best-selling author Barbara C. Unell says, “Parents and others who care for children with autism will find a wealth of information, solutions, hope, and encouragement in this skillfully crafted 10-step program.”

Jay Jacobson, M.D., Chief of Medical Ethics at the University of Utah and LDS Hospital says, “Diagnosis Autism: Now What? is extremely helpful, concise, and very practical not only for parents of children with autism, but for all health care practitioners, educators, and the entire treatment intervention team.” He adds, “The 10-step process can be applied to many disorders.”

In this ground-breaking training program, Diagnosis Autism: Now What? presents 10 crucial steps that enable the parent to improve treatment results for their child. The material covers everything from monitoring a child’s development (and documenting the information) to the process of decision-making with the entire treatment intervention team—from choosing a primary physician to negotiating a partnership with the doctor. The book explains the crucial importance of intensive early education and how to find the resources and help currently available.

As many as 1.7 million Americans - children and adults - are thought to have autism today. According to the Autism Society of America, the annual cost of autism to the U.S. economy is $90 billion. It will likely increase to $300 billion over the next 10 years. While the medical community makes progress to explain the increase incidence of other diseases and disorders, there remain more theories than answers to account for the sharp rise in autism and learning disabilities. “From the day a child receives a diagnosis of autism, parents need guidance that continues with them for years,” says Dr. Kaplan. As a parent of a child with autism spectrum disorder, Dr. Kaplan knows first hand that early intervention is extremely effective in the early stages of a child’s development. “We just need to give parents easy to understand tools that can be used immediately. This book fills the void.”

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