Whether you are viewing this book as
e-book or a private website, finding your way around is pretty simple
and straightforward. Just click on the links below and you will be
transported to the various pages and chapters. (Yes, for those of you
new to this, complete chapters are included on a single web page!)
When you're finished with a chapter or page, simply click on the links
at the bottom of that page to either return to this main Table of
Contents or to go on to the next Chapter.
The nice thing about e-books and
websites is that you can hop around all you like and you never lose
your place. You can always just return to home plate here at the Table
of Contents. As you can see, the contents are divided up into Chapters
and What's Going On Sections. I
have interspersed three of the What's Going On sections with the
Chapters because I felt they were relevant and fit in with the story
segments. Also, these particular ones are not too heavy on the
bio-chemical mumbo-jumbo.
However, the neuro-biochemical
mumbo-jumbo is vitally important, so please don't ignore those last
sections! It took me months and months of research to figure out and
piece together just what might be happening in the autistic brain. And
it took me more months to make that knowledge comprehensible to the
average layman or woman. So, while Meaghan's story is very important
and very helpful in learning how to work with an autistic child, if
you really want to understand what makes an autistic person 'tick', you
really can't afford not to delve a bit deeper into what's really going
on inside their heads and bodies.
Also, don't forget that even though
this is a web-based document, you always have the option of printing
out any or all of the pages in both the website and e-book for easier
reading off-line. Nuff said. Time for you to go pour yourself a cup of
your favorite beverage, put your feet up and... get clickin'. ENJOY!
Foreword
Meaghan's Story
Chapter
One: “And the Bad News Is”
Chapter
Two: One Test After Another
Chapter
Three: “You Can’t Make Me”
Chapter
Four: Did She Say “That”?
Chapter
Five: From Bad to Worse
Chapter
Six: With a Grain of Salt
Chapter
Seven: Knowing Right from Wrong
What’s Going On? Early Learning and
Education
Chapter
Eight: Coming on Cue
Chapter
Nine: Learning My ABCs
Chapter
Ten: Step by Step
Chapter
Eleven: Beginnings and Endings
Chapter
Twelve: Too Good to Last
Chapter
Thirteen: Doubts Creep In
Chapter
Fourteen: Coming to Terms
Chapter
Fifteen: What’s in a Name?
What’s Going On? Atypical
Development and Thought Process
Chapter
Sixteen: She Has a Way About
Her
Chapter
Seventeen: The Theory Behind the
Practice
Chapter
Eighteen: Do as I Do, Not as I
Say
Chapter
Nineteen: It’s in the
Hair
Chapter
Twenty: Promise vs.
Practice
Chapter
Twenty One: Merry
Mayhem
Chapter
Twenty Two: A Parting of
Ways
Chapter
Twenty Three: About
Behavior
What’s Going On? Social Behavior, Empathy and
Emotion
Chapter
Twenty Four: A New
Beginning
Chapter
Twenty Five: Against the
Odds
Chapter
Twenty Six: Physical
Feats
Chapter
Twenty Seven: All Work and No
Play
Chapter
Twenty Eight:
“Now it is Now”
Chapter
Twenty Nine: The Rote and the
Repetitious
Chapter
Thirty: See and
Say
What’s Going On? Communication and
Conversation
Chapter
Thirty One: The Big
Three
Chapter
Thirty Two: Flight and
Fright
Chapter
Thirty Three: Community
Conundrum
Chapter
Thirty Four: A Friend in
Deed
Chapter
Thirty Five: What Might
Help
Chapter
Thirty Six:
“And the Good News Is”
Bio-chemical
What's Going On Sections
Sensory Processing,
Behavior & Memory
Body
Senses and Motor Responses
Distal Senses and
Lateralization
Brain
- Body Biochemical
Link
GastroIntestinal
- Secretin Link
Neuropeptides and
Supplements
Piecing the
Autism Puzzle
Together
Appendix
Current
Theories About What Might Cause Autism and Various Treatment Options
Footnotes
Works Cited
Copywright
Info - About the Author
I welcome all feedback - positive
or negative. (I welcome the positive more:-) I would greatly
appreciate hearing what you think about Funny Wiring. If you
have any thoughts, comments, testimonials, criticisms or suggestions,
feel free to email me at: remarks@funnywiring.com
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