Disability

Focuses on how to overcome the related behavioural problems of ADD and hyperactivity. This work points to the many causes of these disorders, including nutritional, environmental and physiological factors, and outlines how and why these problems are often misdiagnosed.

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The stories in this book have been contributed by parents of children with intellectual and physical disabilities. Circumstances have forced them to face challenges that demand exceptional qualities. A rare and honest insight into the reality of raising a disabled child and a powerful reaffirmation of the strength of love.

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One of the increasing number of people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in adulthood, New Zealand-born Jen Birch relates her story with humour and honesty, taking us through the years of frustration and confusion that led to her diagnosis in 1998. Now that she can put her life experiences into context, she candidly describes her continual search for 'normality', including her experiences at work, her difficulties with relationships, her time spent in psychiatric hospital and her struggle for correct diagnosis in a country where t... read more

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When he was four years old Kamran Nazeer was enrolled in a small school in New York alongside other children diagnosed with autism. Here they received care that was at the cutting edge of developmental psychology. Kamran is now a policy adviser in Whitehall - but what of the others? With rare perception, he tells of their lives: the speechwriter unable to make eye contact, the courier who gets upset if anyone touches his bicycle, the suicidal depressive, and the computer engineer who communicates difficult emotions through the use ... read more

'A fascinating read, balancing one's desire for scientific understanding with the author's own remarkable journey' Tim Pears 'It is through Nazeer's frank portrayal of these lives that we come to understand a little better what it is to live with autism' Daily Express 'This remarkable piece of true-life storytelling takes as its theme not disability, but humanity' Independent 'Fascinating not only for its insight into autism but for what it reveals about the way human beings understand the world. Part science, part philosophy and part personal account, Nazeer's triumph is that he balances explanation with human stories in a way that is lucid and, at times, deeply moving' Scotsman

The Gift of Dyslexia explores a fascinating hypothesis about dyslexia.  The author, Ronald D. Davis, is himself dyslexic. He points out that many famous people were dyslexic, including Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. Perhaps they succeeded in spite of dyslexia, but they may have succeeded because of the unique way that dyslexic individuals think.   The author solved the riddle of his own condition 13 years ago.  Since then, he has run a program that has enabled thousands of people with dyslexia to read, write ... read more

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Now revised and updated, the McGuire Programme is an internationally recognized method that not only improves speech, but offers the enjoyment ,not the dread, of speaking. A series of breathing and diaphragm exercises that breaks the self-perpetuating cycle of stuttering. Uniquely, the McGuire Programme combines physical techniques (breathing and relaxation) with mental strategies for dealing with the fear of stuttering, as well as how to develop an assertive attitude to the problem.

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