The Autism Book: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Early Detection, Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention

by Robert W. Sears

Book Overview

With clarity and compassion, Dr. Robert Sears guides the reader through the maze of autism, explaining what precautions parents can take to decrease their baby's risk, how to detect autism at the earliest possible age, and how to proceed once a diagnosis has been made.

This book provides parents with a simple and clear understanding of the biomedical treatment approach that Dr. Sears has used successfully with many of his young patients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316042803
• ISBN13: 9780316042802
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Beginning Our Journey

We are patients of Dr. Bob and are just beginning our journey through the world of Autism. I devoured Dr. Bob's book as a means to try and understand what this means for our child and our family. Primarily what I was looking for while reading the book was, "What can we do to help our child?" This book gave me so many answers and so much hope. There are things we can do for our child and we are now finally on our way. This book is such a valuable resource to parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. as they begin to navigate this new world. I found it immensely helpful to have read through the book prior to our initial appointment so that I had some familiarity with the language of Autism and could understand what was being discussed. It was great to be able to do my research in the quiet of my own home. I appreciated how the book gave some possible reasons why Autism is so prevalent and what may be causing this epidemic. Reading through those sections allowed me to see my child in some of the theories, which is helping us direct which biomedical tests need to be done which will in turn steer our treatment plan. I have already dog-eared and highlighted my book like crazy and know that it will continue to be a permanent fixture on my shelf as I refer back to it often.

Thanks Dr Bob

Dr Bob is that rare pediatrician that listens the parents, takes his time and comes up with solutions. We are grateful for his consolidated book for parents that will help them understand that autism is treatable at the BEGINNING of their journey. I hope families utilize this tool with clear explainations and backed up by science as a tool to begin the treatments with their physician.

What this means for the autism community...

This is an important book. It's going to affect how mainstream medicine handles autism. It's written by a prominent pediatrician who's well-respected AND..., has years of experience treating and recovering autistic children. While doctors typically hand parents a diagnosis of autism and tell them that medicine knows nothing about autism except that vaccines don't cause it, Sears offers help and hope. He also has not closed the door to a link with the vaccine program. He clearly states this in this book. Ex. "Sears continues to address this issue saying, 'There are cases in which a severe reaction to a round of vaccines seems to have triggered a decline into autism.'" (p. 339) Most important of all is the information about ways to treat and recover autistic kids. I can see thousands of parents going to their pediatricians with Sears's book in hand, asking for these treatments for their children. US News and World Report, ABC [...], Newsweek Magazine, OC Register, Web MD, [...], and various parenting magazines have already covered Dr. Sears. (See the recent interview on KVUE-TV Austin, TX: [...]) Doctors who educate themselves on these protocols will be the ones with patients. For parents who feel that the medical community has given up on autistic kids, this book is a welcome change! SEE--Dr. Bob Sears's The Autism Book Brings Early Detection, Treatment, Recovery and Prevention To Light By Anne Dachel [...] Anne Dachel Media editor: Age of Autism

The Autism Book

As a pediatrician who cares for hundreds of autistic children, I am constantly monitoring new books on the subject. Parents with newly diagnosed toddlers as well as those with adolescents and young adults will frequently ask me about the latest publications. It is the rare book that appeals to all of us - practitioners and families, both novice and experienced. Dr. Sears' "The Autism Book" fits perfectly in this sweet spot. Providing up-to-date commentary and practical advice on all aspects of diagnosing and treating autism, this book is a must-read for all interested in what we can do - today - to help the growing number of children with autism spectrum disorders. The book supports an integrative approach - combining the best of conventional and alternative/complementary medical therapies - in a non judgmental manner quite refreshing and honest. There is something in this book for everyone, and I highly recommend it. - Lawrence D. Rosen, MD, Founder of the Whole Child Center ([...])