Transforming Autism

This book is about how the author and his family empowered their son to transform himself from an extremely autistic toddler, written off by the medical establishment as severely disabled, into a happy and successful 6-year-old living a full contented life and thriving in a mainstream school. It is about the unusually effective treatments they discovered, what they learnt from them and how they strive to continue applying these lessons as he grows and new challenges emerge. It also proposes a radical and inspiring new way to understand the autistic condition, based on the inner-richness of each autistic person rather than on their external behaviour. Its aim is to serve as an important and practical resource for other parents and carers, leading them to better appreciate the unsuspected richness that silently exists deep within their child, and helping them to understand and apply new attitudes and behaviours towards them that will nurture rather than alienate. Through the many episodes recounted from one family's journey, Transforming Autism provides living examples of such an approach. Following the publication of the first edition of this book in 2016, the author went on to launch a charity to further opportunities for excellent quality of life, especially for very young children with autism. The website of The Transforming Autism Project includes articles that build on the material in this book, as well as interviews with autism specialists, guides to identifying the very early signs of autism and Guy's TED talk on the subject. It can be found at http: //transformingautism.org Guy Shahar has also written a collection of original and compelling short stories, "Leaving Town," which is also available from Amazon.