My copy of this is full of sticky tabs and highlights. I found it really informative with good explanations and written in a very easy to read way with chapter summaries and recaps.

This book was hard for me to read... granted my son doesn't have as severe autism as hers and he doesn't have the gut issues. I felt like she was trying to find someone to blame and some way to make him the one she wanted him to be, instead of accepting him as he was. I get that she felt vaccines were a major contributing factor but there is ZERO evidence of this and could it not just be regressional autism that happens to coincide with the 1 year old shots because a regressional autism kid tends to regress sometime around 1 year old?

She makes a few good points and that perhaps there are a subgroup of kids who are fragile or have an underlying disorder that kicks into gear with very little provocation, and that's definitely something that stuck with me from this book.

However, I would be a mother warrior in terms of advocacy and finding therapies that work for my son, and not in bringing down big pharma because of a speculation without evidence.

Some interesting techniques and insights but the book is poorly laid out and very incomplete, both in breadth and depth. You'll find better info just doing a search on the specific skills you want to teach.

Upon getting the "we think he's on the spectrum" speech from my sons preschool and shared concerns by his doctor I went in search of information. This book is FANTASTIC for those starting down this road. It's validating, informative, incredibly interesting and enormously helpful! It discusses ASD from mental, biological and social perspectives often combining charts with descriptions and analogies so no matter your learning style you "get it". The book also gives hope by hilighting the fact that most ASD kids improve over time and teaches about all current treatments and home-based help. I now feel informed and useful in respect to my son and whatever diagnosis we en up with.

Get this book!!

Cute pictures, simple story with rhyming prose. My 3 year old son loves it. Lots of books to choose from too so he hasn't gotten bored.

I got this from the library and loved the recipes so bought it. Simple and tasty. Watch the carbonara recipe... so tasty but calorie-ific!

Fantastic book, and much better than it actually sounds at first... when I heard about a teenager vampire novel I absolutely wasn't interested but after all the press on it figured I should see what all the hype was about. I'm 25 years old (well above the target audience!) and thought it was an absolutely fantastic novel and once I got into it I couldn't put it down. I've borrowed all the books from my friend and read the first in a week, the second in 3 days and am now half way through the third.

So for all you people who think it sounds stupid but are just a little curious... GIVE IT A CHANCE!! Well worth it :-)

I'd give this 3 1/2 stars if I could. If you haven't read the review by Tommy Tom Tom (2 below mine) then do so because I couldn't have said it better than he did. The first half of the book is interesting because the main character, Baby, is having a bunch of experiences that feel like they'll lead to a really interesting climax, but turns out she just keeps having these experiences and the book never really escalates at all... it continues on without the 'build' you'd hope for and eventually pitters out. I had to force myself to finish it off because I kept putting it down for a week or two. Not a good sign!

Having said all that it's well written and very descriptive, using many well-thought out details that make it feel very real. It had the potential to be a great book but just lost its momentum. Oh well, wouldn't say it was a waste of time, just not a phenomenol read.

Where did this guy do his research? The white people he describes refers to new age, pretentious, Californian vegan hippies.

There are a few kernels of truth in the extensive list of what white people supposedly like, but it was a lot less entertaining than I was anticipating.

I think the author sort of missed some key cliches as well.

In the book, Lander says that white people like a variety of teas (green, chai, black, etc.) but REALLY white people will have only one brand that they drink and will badmouth other brands. Lander says that white people like ethnic food, but REALLY white people like traditional meat and potatoes or whatever is local to their region.

Anyway, wasn't a fan... thought it described only the type of white person you'd see on the OC. Not me or anyone I know!

I can't understand why some people are so against this book! The two that came recommended to me was this and Nina Ford. I thought Ford was horrendous, assumed certain things about family composition and the household that wasn't true of me (and stressed me to no end!) and was too strict on the routine. Tracy Hogg's EASY plan was so much better, allowed room for manipulation, had really good advice on what to do when things go wrong (e.g., baby gets overtired and starts screaming and won't calm down, breastfeeding foibles etc.). I read it once right at the end of my pregnancy and when my son was only days or a week old. It didn't mean too much, but after he was a month I went through it again and could recognize a lot of the behaviours in my son. You really need to read it twice to get enough out of it.

I thought it was brilliant though, give it a go!