Realising that your child is autistic can be devastating. But there really is hope. This book shares with you our experiences as parents of a child diagnosed as severely autistic and sets out strategies that have worked for us, in terms of helping our son to develop, to understand and to function in the world.

I am aware that every child is different and every instance of autism is unique. That means there cannot be a set "manual" for how to deal with autistic children, and this book doesn't pretend to be one. But there are common themes, and it is my hope that some of the...