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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.85882
EAN num: 9781402206498
ISBN number: 1402206496
Label: Sourcebooks, Ltd.
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks, Ltd.
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Page Count: 256
Printing Date: April 01, 2006
Publishing house: Sourcebooks, Ltd.
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A powerful, groundbreaking new book for anyone touched by autism!
Autism has captured the world's attention as the neurological disorder that impacts one out of every 166 children--ten times higher than just ten years ago. Despite the international scrambling of scientists to provide an explanation, there remains no single known cause for the rise in autism. Autism and the God Connection is the very first book of its kind to view autism through a spiritual prism, unlocking its hidden meaning. Through countless, compelling interviews William Stillman documents extraordinary examples of spiritual giftedness.
Autism and the God Connection boldly challenges our traditionally held beliefs about people with disabilities. Readers looking for hope, inspiration and a deeper understanding of their loved ones will appreciate the affirming anecdotes of ordinary families.
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This is THE BEST book about autism Ive ever read...THANK GOD someone finally took a stand and described the autistic as people with a different way of perceiving things as opposed to people who are afflicted with a disease. William Stillman...you're my hero!
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I hope I didn't give up on this book too early but the author seems so self absorbed and his concept of God so vague as to have no real substance. I do believe the less fortunate are gifts from God and provide us a road map and the opportunity to gain eternal happiness. This book didn't provide that insight (at least not quick enough) and got weighed down with the author's own issues that came across to me as whining.
Any reason to pick it up and try again?
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My husband and I were preparing for an 8 hour car trip to attend a Disability Summit in Southern California, put on by an organization called, "Joni and Friends" so that we would know how to get a program started within our church to serve those with disabilities. As I wondered through the public library, I just so happened to come across William Stillman's book, "Autism and the God Connection."
Even though I may not agree with all of the spiritual concepts that are presented in this book, it is a must read for all who come in contact with those who may have Autism, statistics now being one in every 150 people born in the U.S., that would mean we all should read it. Too often, we hear such words as, "afflicted" or "suffering from" and we automatically think of autism as a curse rather than recognize the spiritual gifts that people with autism may actually possess. Interesting concept. And yet would God ever create a human being who could not possess the capacity for a spiritual relationship with Him? That would be contrary to the very nature of our loving God. If people with autism have been given a spirit, then wouldn't it seem reasonable that they too would possess spiritual gifts?
I started out thinking that we are in the process of beginning a program which will minister to the needs of others when in actuality, perhaps we are beginning a program in which others will be ministering to us!
It's about time that we start recognizing that those with disabilities possess the same spiritual capacity as the rest of us, perhaps, in all honesty, due to the fact that many people who have disabilities are not polluted by the materialism of this world, their spiritual capacity is actually much greater.
"As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!"
And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable, we treat with special honor."
Read the book and ask that your mind and heart will be enlarged and your spirit opened to the possibility that we are the ones who need to learn to be more spiritually sensitive.
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I have to say that Publishing house's Weekly put it mildly when they called the author's credibility strained by his reliance on anecdotal stories and explanations of telepathy. Let me make this clear, this book is not a reliable resource on autism or any serious aspect of it. It is a collection of superstitious claims used to glorify autism and connect it to a fabricated world. While it may have some use to boost self-esteem of the newly diagnosed, I honestly can't imagine any other reason for a rational person to buy this book.
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The insight you can receive from reading this book will bring a quiet calm to your life. An absolute MUST READ if you have a child or work with autism and a highly recommend for those who want to understand this increasing "epidemic", like those whose children have classmates with autism.
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