{"product_id":"9780988992306","title":"Asperger's\/Asd: Making Life Easier, Safer, Better: (A Parent's Roadmap to Sanity)","description":"This book, Asperger’s\/ASD: Making Life Easier, Safer, Better\u003cbr\u003e(A Parent’s Roadmap to Sanity), is a narrative, a handbook, and a toolkit all rolled into one. As a narrative it details the personal history of one family’s struggle with their son’s Asperger’s. As a handbook it addresses the whole set of problems that come with Asperger’s\/ASD. And as a toolkit it better equips you to confront these problems, so they are easier to visualize and break down into manageable pieces.\u003cbr\u003eWith this book you will:\u003cbr\u003eGain a clearer understanding of the subtleties of Asperger’s\u003cbr\u003eSyndrome, with special attention paid to the more difficult to identify co-occurring problems.\u003cbr\u003eLearn about disability insurance and supplemental income programs, and how to access them for your child.\u003cbr\u003eUnderstand why you need to develop an Individual Education Plan for your child.\u003cbr\u003eAddress your child’s future (home, work, relationships, self-care, and independence).\u003cbr\u003eBe able to set up your care community person by person, specialty by specialty, until all issues are addressed.\u003cbr\u003eMake life within the home less painful physically, financially, and emotionally.\u003cbr\u003eThe unique layout of this book is practical, useful, and easy to reference.\u003cbr\u003eIt is written with unsparing honesty and bright flashes of humor and empathy by a father who learned about Asperger’s the hard way—through trial and error.\u003cbr\u003eWith emphasis throughout placed on early intervention and treatment,\u003cbr\u003e“dividing and conquering,” and parental involvement, as well as an excellent Resources and Further Reading section to guide your additional research, Asperger’s\/ASD: Making Life Easier, Safer, Better\u003cbr\u003e(A Parent’s Roadmap to Sanity), is a book you’ll come back to again and again throughout your child’s development. (Teachers, counselors, and healthcare and social services specialists will find it useful, too.)","brand":"Backyard Habitat Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120367255792,"sku":"9780988992306","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988992306_p0.jpg?v=1763893345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988992306","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}