Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D.
Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals of “autistic” symptoms such as difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most successful approaches to autism don’t aim to fix a person by eliminating symptoms, but rather seek to understand the individual’s experience and what underlies the behavior.
