books about aspergers

[danita]

can anybody recommend some good books on Aspergers?

My DS just got diagnosed the other week and i would love to read some more about it so if you have any good links or books or blogs please let me know.

Regards,

Danita

[PinkPalace]

danita - i dont have a book recommendation but i am wondering how old your DS is and how long the diagnosisi took?

[danita]

Ds has just turned 4. it took around 18 mths mostly due to the mis communication of the process of getting diagnosed.
We seen a GP 1st who referred us to a child pyscologist as we live in the NT there wasnt one available for a while so we had to wait, when one became available we had an extensive meeting with them and then back to the Gp we went who then referred us to the pediatrician. we seen him several times before the diagnosis was given.
hope this helps

[AlligatorsMum]

There is a book we have at work which is more a book for explaining aspergers to kids like your sons friends or other students in his class which is great it is called "all cats have aspergers" by Kathy hoopman - tricky to find but u can buy online from bookonhand dot com dot au.

Kids love it and it makes them understand the children's reasons behind things with illustrations of kittens.

P.s there is also one called "all dogs have ADHD" as well which is fantastic too.

[RhiChiChi]

I think there was another recommendation in one of the other threads called 'the out of sync child' (I think). Check out this thread: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...-a-166597.html

[Santosha]

Tony Atwood has a great book on Aspergers and his site has lots of really useful info and links.