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Understanding

Autism

FOR

DUMmIES

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by Stephen M. Shore and Linda G. Rastelli

Foreword by Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures

Understanding Autism For Dummies ®

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About the Authors

Stephen M. Shore received a regressive autism diagnosis at age 18 months,

became nonverbal, and was deemed “too sick” to be treated on an outpatient

basis. Today, he’s finishing a doctoral degree focused on helping people with

autism lead fulfilling and productive lives. When not teaching college-level

courses in special education and teaching children with autism how to play

musical instruments, he consults and presents on autism-related issues inter-

nationally. Some topics of particular interest to him include comparative

approaches for helping people with autism, education, and disaster prepared-

ness for people with disabilities. He also focuses on challenges faced by

adults in terms of self-advocacy, disclosure, post-secondary education,

employment, interdependent living, and relationships.

Stephen holds bachelor degrees in music and accounting and information

systems from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He also holds a

masters degree in music education and is on the cusp of finishing his doctor-

ate in education from Boston University. Although he seems to spend most

of his time traveling in airplanes (Boeing 747-400 preferred), he resides in

Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife on the rare occasions when he’s

home.

Linda G. Rastelli is an award-winning journalist, instructional designer, and

author with 20 years of experience in writing and designing instruction for

health, education, and business topics. In her career, she has focused on

making complex and technical information understandable to the layperson.

Although she has covered subjects ranging from financial ratio analysis to

educational reform, her most challenging inquiry to date — an undertaking

that has made her other projects look like finger painting in comparison —

has been autism.

Linda holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Delaware and a

masters degree from Columbia University. She lives on the New Jersey coast

with her husband and her cat, who have reached a blissful state of detente.

She hopes to keep her day job.

Dedication

From co-author Stephen M. Shore: This book is dedicated to my wife, Yi Liu,

my parents and siblings, and to all people on the autism spectrum.

From co-author Linda G. Rastelli: This book is dedicated to my husband, Bob

Galante, and to Robert Rastelli, in memoriam.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

This book is a wonderful collaboration between many generous souls, with-

out whom we couldn’t have written it. Temple Grandin, PhD, read every chap-

ter and made helpful suggestions. We’re also indebted to Peter Wright, Bart

Stevens, Nadine Vogel, and Jaime Parent for their astute insights into financial

and legal matters.

Our everlasting gratitude goes to Dr. David Holmes, Dr. Brenda Smith Myles,

Dr. Joanne Cafiero, Bill Hayes, Donna Walters, and Dr. Peter Gerhardt for their

educational expertise.

We also want to acknowledge Dr. Stephen Edelson, Dr. Bernard Rimland, Brad

Middlebrook, Dr. Betty Jarusiewicz, Teresa Mankin, Tony Martin, and Dr.

Craig Erickson for their all-around acumen.

Dr. Margaret Bauman, Dr. Jane M. El-Dahr, Dr. Lauren Underwood, Dr. Tapan

Audhya, Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, Dr. Daniel Rosenn, and Dr. David J. Posey gave us

much-appreciated medical guidance, for which we can’t thank them enough.

And many thanks to all the others who gave up their time and shared their

personal experiences to make this book happen: Janet and Steve Cobourn

(co-presidents of the Maryland chapter of the Autism Society of America),

Meghan Cobourn and the rest of our focus group, Rebecca and Keith

Sorenson, Ben Dorman, and Catriona Johnson. Also Nancy Cale, Kathy Grant,

Chris Collins, Sharon Mendoza, Dr. Arnold Miller, Dr. Ann Roberts, Rosemary

Littlefield, Kassiane Sibley, Dena Gassner, Jonathon Mitchell, Alex Freer,

Charmaine Getz, and Toni Dunbar.

And a big thank you goes to our outstanding editorial team at Wiley, who

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To those whom we may have inadvertently left out, only to remember them

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heartfelt thanks. Your contributions were also vital to making this book what

it is today.

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