Autism and Parental Leadership

Download or read book Autism and Parental Leadership written by Sharon I. Link and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Autism & Leadership: Learning to Lead for Your Autistic Child, Dr. Sharon Link builds a combined framework of autism theory, leadership theory and advocacy augmented with personal vignettes of raising her own autistic son. While the book has a strong research based approach, Dr. Link adds a blend of humor, personal narrative, and pragmatic tension to the information that is shared. Starting with the leadership model of geese and ending with the Link Autism Action Plan(c), Dr. Link sheds light on her own parenting style, glimpses from the classroom, and solid backing for her own leadership and advocacy. Dr. Link and her autistic 17 year old son, Jimmy, just recently wrote another book together called The Abyss of Autism. As a parent just facing the autism diagnosis or for a parent on the brink of facing an uncertain adulthood with your own autistic child; this book is for you. It will unravel many of the systems that your child is facing, and help you build a solid research based system to construct your own leadership and advocacy. Dr. Link believes that anyone can be a leader.