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                     President email address : byzoee@pc.jaring.my
                     Secretary email address : lsacsb@po.jaring.my      

1. Where possible, books are arranged according to the topics they cover.
2. Biographical or autobiographical books that deal with experience using specific treatment method will be classified under that treatment method.
3. Books highly recommended are marked with stars, five stars being the most recommended.
4. You may like to borrow some of these books from families near your place, they may have what you need.
5. Most of these books are not available in Malaysia bookstores. You may get some of these in the following Singapore Bookstores in Singapore:
6. Borders bookstore
                   tel no 02 235 7146
                   website : www.borders.com
   
   Books ordered from Border bookstore are of the same prices quoted on the internet except that S/H cost is free but it takes about 4 to 8 weeks to arrive.
   
   
7. You may order the books from the following Internet sites. Brief reviews are also available for most books in these sites.
                   http://www.amazon.com
                   http://www.barnesandnoble.com
   
   Some of the books are available from the following :
   
   7.1          Autism Research Institute (ARI). ARI is long-standing organization dedicated to                the dissemination of  latest information (especially medical and scientific) related                to autism. Contacts :
                   Fax no : +1 619 281 7165
                   Address : 4182, Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116, USA,
                   Website : http://www.autism.com/ari/
   
   7.2          Different Road to Learning (DRL). DRL is company run by a parent with a                learning challenged child. It sells a number of useful teaching aids and resource                materials.  Contacts :
                   Fax no : +1 212 206 9329
                   Address : 12, West 18th Street, Suite 3 East, New York, NY 10011, USA
                   Website : http://www.difflearn.com
   
   7.3          Future Horizon Inc,
                   720 N Fielder Road, Arlington, TX 76012
                   Tel : 1 817 277 0727         
                   Fax : 1 817 227 2270
                   website : www.FutureHorizons_autism.com
                   email : edfuture@onramp.net
   
   7.4          Other sources are:
                   National Autistic Society - UK
                   http: //www.oneworld.org/autism_uk/
                   email : nas@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk
   
                   Autism Resources for Sale and Services
                   http://web.syr.edu/~jwmobus/autism/links-sale.html
   
                   Films for Humanities & Science
                   http://www.films.com
                   
                   Indiana Resources Center for Autism
                   Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities
                   2853, East Tenth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601
                   Tel no 1-812 855 6508
                   Fax 1-812 855 9630
   
   
8. For those who are without access to Internet, it is advisable to network with families with access to Internet. This is not just for purpose of purchasing books but for retrieval of a host of useful information from the Internet.
   
   

    

   No	Title	Author	YOP	Brief Description
   1	General on Autism
   1.1	The world of the autistic child	Bryna Siegel	1996	Good information on autism, diagnostic process and differences between autism/PDD / Asperger’s / Rett’s Syndrome. Rather technical. 350 pages
   1.2	Children with autism : A parent’s guide	Michael Power ed.	1989	Good guide to treatments, education. Include glossary, reading list and lengthy resource guide on many organisations (in US as well as other countries). 370 pages
   1.3	Asperger’s syndrome : A guide for parents and professionals	Anthony Attwood	1997	Clear, sympathetic and full of understanding. 180 pages
   1.4	Autism treatment guide	Elizabeth K Gerlach	1993	This little handbook gives very useful description on various common autism treatment and resources. It has a pretty good introduction on autism. 130 pages
   1.5	Targeting autism : what we know, don’t know and can do to help young children with autism and related disorders	S Cohen	1999	One of the most recent books available on autism. A readable even handed book.
   2	Biomedical Approaches
   2.1	Biological treatment for autism and PDD	William Shaw etc	1997	Cover yeast, gluten free and casein free diet, vitamin treatment. 300 pages
   2.2	Clinical assessment options for children with autism and PDD	Sidney M Baker and John Pangborn ed	1996	Protocol for medical practitioners compiled from 1995 Defeat Autism Now (DAN) conferences. Outlines medical test and conclusion to be drawn and follow up. Available from ARI. 40 pages
   2.3	Special diets for special kids	Lisa Lewis	1998	The author is renown for her involvement in gluten and casein free dietary intervention. 252 pages
   2.4	Is this your child : Discovering and treating unrecognised allergies	Doris Rapp	1991	Discussed behaviours attributed to allergies. 630 pages
   2.5	Turning lead to gold L: how heavy metal poisoning can affect your child and how to prevent and treat it	Nancy Hallaway and Zigurts Strauts	1996	Discuss medical problems that attributed to poisoning from lead and other heavy metals along with prevention and treatments.
   2.6	Fighting for Tony	Mary Callahan	1987	Describe a mother’s experience dealing with her son’s cerebral allergies and the son’s dramatic improvement after cow’s milk is eliminated from the diet. 170 pages
   2.7	Unlocking the potential of secretin	Victoria and Gary Beck	1998	This booklet is available in ARI. First book on secretin for autism treatment
   3	Psycho-dynamic Approaches
   3.1	Son Rise	Barry Neil Kaufman	1976
   3.1	Son Rise : The miracle continues	Barry Neil Kraufman and Samarhia L Kraufman	1994	Update on the earlier book including an introduction by the author’s once autistic son
   3.2	The child with special needs : encouraging intellectual and emotional growth	Stanley I Greenspan, Serena Weider and Robin Simon	1998	On floortime
   4	Educational approaches
   4.1	Behavioural intervention for young children with autism : A manual for parents and professionals	Catherine Maurice, Gina Green and Stephen Luce ed	1996	Very comprehensive resource book for parents and professionals. It covers autism, applied behaviour analysis as related to behaviour therapy, how to start and run a home based IBI program, typical curriculum. 400 pages
   4.1	Let me hear your voice : A family’s triumph over autism	Catherine Maurice	1993	A mother’s account of using Lovaas method with her 2 children with autism. Good account on the grieving and searching process. 370 pages
   4.2	Teaching developmentally disabled children : the Me book	Ivar Lovvas	1981/1992	Describe homebased program using the Lovaas method. A rather outdated though. A newer edition will be published soon. 250 pages
   4.3	Teaching children with autism : strategies for initiating opportunities interaction and improving learning opportunities	Robert L Koegel and Lynn K Koegel	1995	Cover mainly on behavioural approaches including PL.  A rather technical book. 260 pages
   4.4	Right from the start : Behavioural intervention for young children with autism	SandraL Harris and Mary J Weiss	1998	A lot thinner than the Catherine Maurice manual but serves a very god easy to read introduction to EIBI program using ABA principles. 140 pages
   4.5	Teach me language	Sabrina Freeman and Lorelei Dake	1996	A good manual for parents and therapist to serve as a next step to the Me book and Catherine Maurice’s manual. Include materials on how to teach social skills and functional languages. 400 pages
   4.6	The social story book	Carl Gray	1994	Very useful resource book for teaching social skills. 440 pages
   4.7	The new social story book	Carol Gray		Follow up to the earlier r book by the same author
   4.8	Teaching children with autism : Strategies to enhance communication and socialisation	Kathleen Quill ed	1995	Contributors include Temple Grandin, Carol Gray. Has a good introduction to autism and modelling. 315 pages.
   4.9	Teaching children with autism to mind read : a practical guide	Patricia Howlin , Simon Baron-Cohen and Julie Hadwin	1999	Has a wealth of pictorial teaching materials for practical use at home and in classroom. 290 pages
   4.10	Activities schedules for children with autism : Teaching independent behaviours	Lynn E McClannahan and Patricia J Krantz	1999	Explain a system used in PCDI whereby a child is introduced to a schedule, initially requiring guidance but eventually learning to use unstructured time. 250 pages
   4.11	Teaching Language to Children with Autism, or other Developmental Disabilities	Mark L Sunberg & James W Partington	1998	Focus is on the use of BF Skinner’s analysis of verbal behaviour as a guide for language assessment and intervention. 316 pages

   
   

   4.12	The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Training Manual	Lori A Frost & Andrew S Bondy	1994	A detailed step by step description of the PECS training protocol. Includes anecdotal description. 65 pages
   4.13	Work in Progress	Dr John McEachin etc	1999	A new teaching manual using ABA principles. The manual is developed by Dr McEachin, one of the best-known leaders in ABA field. He is the co director of Autism Partnership based in California.
   4.14	The sound of a miracle : A child’s triumph over autism	Annabel Stehi	1991	Account of the author’s astonishing recovery from autism after receiving AIT from Dr G Berard
   4.15	Dancing in the rain	Annabel Stehi	1995	Follow up book to the earlier book by the same author. Includes stories about other families with experience using AIT.
   4.16	Steps to Independence – teaching everyday skills to children with special need	Bruce L Baker etc	1997	A fine book on what and how to teach children with special need living skills steps by steps.
   5	Biography or Autobiography
   5.1	Thinking in picture	Temple Grandin	1995	Not so much on an account of Temple’s life as her explanation on autism and various treatment methods. 222 pages
   5.2	Nobody nowhere	Donna William	1992	Autobiography of a woman with autism, how she survive an abusive family situation. Rather painful to read. 220 pages
   5.3	Somebody somewhere	Donna William	1993	Donna explores the 4 years since her diagnosis and her attempts to leave the world under glass and live normally. Has some description on perception distortion an autistic person may have and possibility for unlearning them.  240 pages
   5.4	Emergence : Labelled autistic	Temple Grandin and M M Scariano	1986	Offers insight into the frustration of people with autism in communication with other people. a rare autobiography as most people with autism do not develop such a sophisticated communication ability. 180 pages
   5.5	For The Love of Ann	James Copeland		It is about a woman with low-functioning autism named Ann Hodges who had no apparent receptive language until 7 yo and no expressive language until 8 yo. Her parents began put ting together a kind of primitive ABA program using many of the techniques that ABA families today are familiar with. She grew to lead a normal life. That was in the 60s.

    

   
   

Notes

1. Where possible, Internet site addresses are arranged according to the topics they cover.
   


2. Internet site addresses highly recommended are marked with stars, five stars being the most recommended.
   


3. If you do not have easy access to Internet and require the information, please contact PR4A.


4. Remember that information in the Internet is not subject to any quality control.  So be very careful in accepting as true or otherwise.


5. Please note that not all the following websites have been visited by the authors.


6. Contents on these websites are subject to changes, and PR4A do not vouch for their accuracy nor currency.


7. Please note that Internet websites are subject to change.  Contact PR4A if you face problems or inform us if you find the addresses have changed.


8. As websites proliferate daily, if you know of any good ones, kindly inform PR4A.


9. You can navigate through the main website addresses if you so wish.

Notes

1. There are a number of listserves /newsletters available in the Internet. Each listservs /newsletters serves a particular need. Some listserves /newsletters cover a wider ranges of topics while most of them cover a specific topic
   
   
2. Members can join or subscribe by following the online instructions available in listserv /newsletters website
   
   
3. If you do not have easy access to Internet and require the information, please contact PR4A.

Important note:

• This list is provided to help parents to connect to service providers.  Parents must make their own investigations and decide if they want to engage the services provided.
• Inclusion of certain individuals or organisations in this list does NOT imply that PR4A endorse or support them.  Similarly those omitted from this list does NOT imply lack of endorsement from PR4A
• PR4A welcome input from all readers to include other service providers that may benefit parents having children with autism.
• Malaysian Care and Dignity and Services maintain separate listing of local service providers.  Please refer to them for more details.

1. If you are involved in any of the educational treatment methods, the following Internet site addressees may be useful. The list only represents a small portion of the information available. For further information, please contact PR4A
   
2. If you do not have easy access to Internet and require the information, please contact PR4A.