Books about autism

Posted by Beth Finke on October 12th, 2007

Our blog readers are bookworms! In the six months since we launched the Easter Seals and Autism blog, it seems the posts that get the most comments are about… books!

Many of you have suggested different books about autism. And as the recommendations come in – I put them on a list for us to review for the …Read More » »

Jenny McCarthy, louder than words

Posted by Beth Finke on October 5th, 2007

I was on vacation last week and during some long flights, I had time to think over some of the things I’d heard about Jenny McCarthy’s September 18 appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show. McCarthy was on tour promoting Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.

During her Oprah appearance, …Read More » »

Book review: Joanne Cafiero’s “Meaningful Exchanges for People with Autism”

Posted by Patricia Wright on August 29th, 2007

Meaningful Exchanges for People with Autism: An Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication, by Joanne Cafiero, Ph.D., is an excellent resource for …Read More » »

Five stars for the new autism bookstore!

Posted by Beth Finke on August 27th, 2007

Check out the new “Bookstore” link on our autism Web site – the list features books reviewed on this blog, and every time you order a book through our bookstore, a portion of that sale will go to Easter Seals.

Ellen Harrington-Kane, assistant vice president for medical rehabilitation and …Read More » »

Reading about Autism at Book Expo America

Posted by Beth Finke on June 8th, 2007

Ellen Harrington-Kane’s blog on June 4th is the first of many book reviews we plan on posting on the Easter Seals autism blog. After all, there are plenty of books about autism to review!

Last weekend I was at Book Expo America at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Nearly 35,000 publishers, booksellers, authors, agents and …Read More » »