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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928982
EAN num: 9781853027116
ISBN number: 1853027111
Label: Jessica Kingsley Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 207
Printing Date: 2000-04
Publishing house: Jessica Kingsley Publishing houses
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During a routine parent-teacher conference in November 1991, Echo Fling was told by her son's teacher that his behaviour in class was 'not normal'. After two years at the pre-school, five-year-old Jimmy had failed to make any friends, had recently started to act aggressively towards his classmates, and was beginning to react violently to any changes in his routine. Echo was not taken completely by surprise: she had suspected for some time that her son was different from other children. Over the subsequent five years, she and her husband accompanied Jimmy to doctors, medical specialists, learning consultants and psychologists. Finally, at the age of ten, Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
This is the book that Echo Fling needed when she very first set out to have Jimmy diagnosed, and it will enable parents and teachers to understand and help other children with Asperger Syndrome.
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The book was informative and a great read. All teachers and parents must read. It is a great book of a woman who deals with her son's disability and acceptance of Asperger's Syndrome and coming into terms of it with the family acceptance as well. It is a must read for all educators and parents everywhere. You need to read this book and I also might sugget Riding the Bus with My Sister, another excellent book.
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Eating an Artichoke is a book about a mother's struggle to understand her son. From an early age, Echo knew that something was not quite right with her son. When her fears were confirmed by Jimmy's preschool teacher, Echo began her long journey, through the confusing world of the special education system, into the land of Asperger Syndrome; a journey that Echo shared with the world, in hopes of helping mothers who were put on the same path in life.
Throughout the book, Echo takes great care in explaining Jimmy's behaviors in detail. This is a vital part of the book as it provides a great insight into the mind of a child with Apergers.
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I'm 16 (Yes, I know I'm writing a kid review, but I'm too lazy to make an account =p)I have Asperger's syndrome. This story annoyed me to no end. Echo the mother babies jimmy through out the whole book, and referrers to him as disabled again, and again. I was offended by that, I may be on the autistic scale but i am not disabled in any way. What mother would willing referrer to Asperger's as a disability?!!! In my mind asperger's is not a disability at all. I mean come one I high heightened senses, above average intelligence, and if i care about something i can block the whole world out. Jimmy was put into 'special' classes, this again annoyed me. She should have let him go to elementary school with the other kids, or home schooled him. Most aspies go most of their lives with out knowing they have asperger's syndrome. Jimmy could have survived elementary school with out the extra help. I believe since i wasn't put into special classes that i forced myself to learn social skills and how to interact, making it simple for me in the future. The grammar as stated in other reviews is abhorrent, the whole time reading this book i would have a pen to correct errors. As most of you know aspies are pedantic, so horrible grammar drives us insane, and we must fix it. One more thing that bothers me is I've heard of parents who read this book then blow off getting a diagnostic because their children are not as cold as jimmy. SCREW JIMMY! I didn't act like him, and i have asperger's too. I was affectionate and loving to people around me that i liked. Maybe Jimmy was just cold because his mother was treating him like a disabled preschooler at the age of 10, i know that if thats how my mother acted reminding me everyday that I'm different, and speaking to my younger siblings more maturely than me i would disown her. No where on the diagnostic scale does it say 'patient maybe cold, unaffectionate, and not loving' I know other aspies who were like me too. If you suspect that your child does have asperger's look into it more, talk to some people at [...] DO NOT MAKE YOUR CHILD GO HIS/HER WHOLE LIFE WONDERING IF SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEM BECAUSE OF A BOOK! Trust me knowing that you have a reason for acting like you do is wonderful, but do not smother your child and only put him/her in special classes if you veraciosly feel its necessary. I know a huge amount of people are going to disagree with almost everything I've stated her, but thats a review from a person who has asperger's. i would love some comments =]
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I read this book from cover to cover in 1 week. I couldn't put it down because I empathized with her situation since I have a child with autism. It's very personal, easy to read and riveting. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know that they are not alone in the pursuit of a treatment for Asperger's or autism. Don't give up on your child is what I got out of this book.
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The title refers to the thorny layers the author had to go through to get to the heart of her son's problems, but it could just as easily apply to her writing. If you have no grasp of proper grammar, syntax, punctuation, or spelling, there will be little to distract you from what is, at times, a moving tale of one mother's odyssey in finding the correct diagnosis for her son.
As someone with several years' experience in magazine editing, though, I found myself cringing continually at random or missing commas, quotation marks and capitalization, to say nothing of phrases like "right of passage" and sentences that range from clunky ("In every home, the kitchen table is the center of the universe, and our house is no exception.") to incomprehensible ("The only option was to go begging the new HMO.").
Also, while Mrs. Fling has undoubtedly rigorously educated herself on Asperger's Syndrome, there are a few significant gaps in her overall knowledge base. A few, in no particular order:
1. Santa. She gives a convoluted explanation to her 10-year-old about Santa Claus being "a fairy tale that grown-ups make up for their children to bring them happiness through giving." (Whatever that means.) But the Santa myth does have its roots in the story of a real person: St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra. There are a few good picture books for children about the saint and how he became associated with gifts coming down the chimney. You have to look past all the reindeer-and-elves twaddle to find them, but these are the ones I read to my children so I can tell them about Santa with a clear conscience.
2. Homeschooling. "Since he would be turning six ... the law said we had to place him in an educational setting. We could not opt to wait out another year or we'd have the authorities knocking on our door." Wrong. Homeschooling is not only legal in all 50 states, but becoming more mainstream all the time, with an estimated 2 million children in the U.S. learning at home.
3. eBay. She writes of driving all over three states to find her son's favorite chewing gum, Halloween costumes, and toys; why not just log on to eBay?
Also, her husband comes across as a scowling penny-pincher; it's hard to tell whether he's more upset at his son's problems or what it will cost to address them.
The book would have benefited tremendously from the attentions of a good editor. There is a story here; most helpful to me were the accounts of how she addressed specific issues with her son, and what resources she relied on to help him. (These are missing from the infinitely better written "Finding Ben," in part because nothing seemed to help the unhappy boy in that book.)
Another good thing about this book is that it has convinced me to get a second opinion for my own son, who received the same diagnosis but has almost none of the same behaviors as her son.
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