Books
& related resources about Autism and related subjects
last updated 11/02/02
Books!
These are books which have been recommended in
posts on the autism-mercury list.
Books by people who write
on the Autism-Mercury list are indicated with dark purple text, like this.
1. books about metal toxicity,
biomedical approaches to treatment of ASD, vaccines:
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Amalgam Illness:
Diagnosis and Treatment - Andrew Hall Cutler http://www.noamalgam.com
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Dana’s View:
A Practical Understanding of Autism - Dana Atty http://www.autismchannel.net/dana/sitebook.htm
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Enzymes for
Autism and Other Neurological Conditions: A Practical Guide to Biomedical
Therapy -- Karen DeFelice; order information: http://www.thundersnow.com/enzymebook.htm
(ISBN: 0972591877 ) This book is now available. (10/02)
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Children with
Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Jaquelyn McCandless M.D. http://www.Autism-RxGuideBook.net
(All photos of children on the site are Dr. McCandless' grandchildren!)
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Guide to Intestinal
Health in ASD, from Kirkman Laboratories.
Available
for free by download from Kirkman's website: http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/research/publications.html
[Note:
People from Kirkman's write here once in a while--- don't know who actually
wrote the Guide to Intestinal Health -- anyway, it is by a COMPANY that
writes on the list!]
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The product
catalog from Kirkman Labs also has a number of "articles" about biomedical
topics. Available free from Kirkman's. http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Autism and
PDD - Karyn Seroussi
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Biological Treatments of Autism and PDD
- Dr. William Shaw
(NOTE: You can read an older edition
of this book (free), if you register on the website, here: http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/autismbkread.html
)
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About
Children's Vaccinations - Stephanie Cave, MD with Deborah Mitchell
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A Shot in the Dark - Barbara Loe-Fisher
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Facing Autism - Lyn Hamilton
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Special Diets for Special Kids - Lisa
Lewis
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Turning Lead into Gold: how heavy metal
poisoning can affect your child and how to treat and prevent it - Nancy
Halloway, RN and Zigurts Strauts, MD
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Mercury Free: the wisdom behind the global
consumer movement to ban "silver" dental fillings - Dr. James E. Hardy
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It's All in Your Head: the link between
mercury amalgams and illness - Dr. Hal A. Huggins
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When Your Doctor
is Wrong: Hepatitis B Vaccine, Autism, & One Child's Rescue-- Judy
Converse, MPH, RD, LD; available from: http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=12657
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The Mercury in
your Mouth
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DAN! Clinical Options
Manual for Physicians -- by Jon B. Pangborn, Ph.D. and Sidney M. Baker,
M.D.; available from http://www.autism.com/ari/paypal.html
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Solving the Puzzle
of Mystery Syndromes: are your amalgam fillings the missing piece? -- Mary
Davis; can be ordered through DAMS 800-311-6265 (This book is mostly writing
by individual adults about getting amalgams out, etc.)
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Dancing in the Rain - Anabel Stehli (about
AIT)
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Sound of a Miracle - Anabel Stehli
2. books about general
heath, digestion, detox, etc.
3. books about autism
(or unspecified Dx):
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Embracing The
Sky: Poems beyond disability - Craig Romkema -- poetry (Craig is the son
of Barb Romkema who writes on the list). This book can be ordered
from http://www.jkp.com
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Let Me Hear your Voice - Catherine Maurice
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Beyond the Wall - Stephen Shore
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Breaking Autism's Barriers - Bill Davis
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Pretending to be Normal - Liane Holliday
Willey (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) [spelling of author may be Wiley;
publisher may be Future Horizons]
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Autism: Handle with Care - Gail Gillingham
(Tacit Publishing, ISBN 0-9684219-1-1)
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Fighting for Tony - Mary Callahan, RN
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News from the Border - Jane Taylor McDonnell
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A Slant of Sun - Beth Kephart
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Soon Will Come the Light - Thomas A McKean
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Laughing & Loving with Autism - R.
Wayne Gilpin
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Laughing & Loving with Autism II
- compiled by R. Wayne Gilpin
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Son-Rise - Barry Neil Kaufman
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Thinking in Pictures - Temple Grandin,
PhD
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There's a Boy in Here - Judy & Sean
Barron
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Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sacks
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Children with Autism - edited by Michael
D. Powers.
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A Child Called Noah - Josh Greenfield
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A Place for Noah both - Josh Greenfield.
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Paid for the Privilege - Dan Reed
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Exiting Nirvana - Clara Parks
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Child of Eternity - Adriana Rocha &
Kristi Jorde
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Kiss of God - Marshall Stewart
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A New Understanding - Gail Gillingham
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Nobody, Nowhere - Donna Williams
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Somebody, Somewhere - Donna Williams
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A Parent's Guide to Autism; Answers to
the Most Common Questions - Charles Hart (Pocket Books)
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic - Temple
Grandin & M.M. Scariano (Warner Books)
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Siblings of Children with Autism (From
Topics in Autism) - Sandra L.Harris, Ph.D (Woodbine House Publishers)
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Turn Around, Bright Eyes, Snaphots from
a Voyage out of Autism's Silence -- Liane Gentry Skye
4. books about Asperger's
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents
and Professionals - Dr. Tony Atwood (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Educators
and Parents - Brenda S. Miles & Richard L. Simpson (Pro-Ed Publishing)
Asperger Syndrome in the Family: Redefining
Normal - Liane Halliday Willey (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
Asperger Syndrome: What Does it Mean
to Me - Catherine Faherty (Future Horizons)
5. books about other
specific diagnoses:
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Finding
a Diagnosis and Getting Help - Mitzi Waltz
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The Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and
Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Carol S. Kranowitz, MA, Skylight
Press.
6. books about educational
& behavioral interventions, education issues, legal issues:
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Communicate With Your Child: 15 Ways
to Become a Communicator - James D. MacDonald, Barbara Mitchell (Contact
Dr. MacDonald to order at 332 Mimring Rd., ColumbusOhio43202)
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How to be a ParaPro: A Comprehensive
Training Manual for Paraprofessionals - Daine Twachtmen Cullen (Starfish
Press)
Win-Win IEPS for Students with Autism
- Beth Fouse, Ph.D.(Future Horizons)
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Activity Schedules for Children with
Autism, Teaching Independent Behavior(from Topics in Autism) - Lynn E.
McClannahan, Ph.D, & Patricia J. Krantz
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Autism, Advocates and Law Enforcement
Professionals - Dennis Debbault (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
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The Explosive Child - Graham Green, Ph.D.(Harper
Collins Publishers)
Negotiating the Special Education
Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers - Winnifred Anderson, Stephen Chitwood
& Deidre Hayden (Woodbine House)
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Right from the Start: Behavioral Intervention
for Young Children with Autism (from the series Topics in Autism) - Sandra
L. Harris & MJ Weiss (Woodbine House,1998)
7. other lists of books
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This is a list of books about (the dangers
of) vaccines, which is posted on amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/etc...........
The listing on amazon shows this list as: "Investigate Before You Vaccinate
by freedom2think, Mom & research enthusiast "
Magazines
"Autism/Asperger's Digest"
"Tuesday's Child"
Audio and Video
tapes of conferences:
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audio and video
tapes of the
DAN! conferences can be ordered here: http://www.instatapes.com
(Note: this page does not display properly for me in an oldish version
of Netscape Navigator, and it kinda mostly works with a newish version
of Internet Explorer.) You can order online or, call (208)667-0226
in Coeur d'Alene or (800)669-8273 toll free to place your order by phone.
Audio tapes are $12 each. (I'm looking at May 2002 DAN conference.) They
also have tapes from the following conferences (all of which sound interesting
to me):
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"ADHD Causes and
Possible Solutions"
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"Great Plains Laboratory
and the Developmental Delay Registry"
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"College of Optometrists
in Vision Development"
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"International
College of Integrative Medicine"
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"American Academy
of Environmental Medicine"
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You can buy tapes
from the conference "Treating the Biology of Autism" (April 2002),
here: http://www.asaoakland.org/recent_events.htm
Topics and speakers are described on this page. (This page loads slowly.
Once it loads, scroll about halfway down for info on the conference. Then
you have to DOWNLOAD the order form and print it out.) Videos are $20 each.
There are tapes of: Andrew Wakefield MD, Susan Owens, Ted Page PhD, Paul
Shattock, Bruce Semon MD, Amy Holmes MD, John Hicks, MD, Betsy Prohaska,
and Panel Discussion (various speakers). Also available: lecture notes
(includes all speakers)
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Unlocking Autism
Conference Video Tape- This video is a copy of the Unlocking Autism
Biomedical Conference from November 3rd, 2001, which features
Dr. Amy Holmes, and Dr. Stephanie Cave. This videotape is over 4 hours
long and includes a question and answer session after the two main lectures.
There is also a moving display of children’s’ photographs set to music
at the end. The total with shipping is $22.00 (including standard media
shipping within the US). (Outside the USA, email bjroth@lycos.com
for info.) You may send a money order/cashiers check or personal check
to: Barbara Roth, 522 3rd Ave. NW, West Fargo, ND 58078 Or
if you prefer to use Paypal, send payment to address: unlockingautism@hotmail.com
(paypal is at http://www.paypal.com )
Publishers and
sources to buy books:
Future Horizons publishes books on ASD,
started by Wayne Gilpin, father of a young man with autism. Phone: 1-800-489-0727
Fax: 1-817-277-2270 ttp://www.FutureHorizons-autism.com
mail: Future Horizons, Inc., 721 W. Abram St., Arlington, TX 76013
NC Autism Bookstore http://appcomm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (http://www.jkp.com)
tends to specialize in autism.
Amazon Books on line http://www.amazon.com
used books (often very good prices):
http://www.half.com
used books including OUT OF PRINT
books:
http://www.alibris.com