Table of Contents

Jeremy's Story - Making the Impossible Possible Seeing the Potential of Your Child and Helping Them Realize it Circle of Support - Absolute Necessity of Creating a Support Group Having a Fulfilling Emotional Life Finding the Right Living Arrangements - From In-house Care to Independence The Joy of Learning - Creating the Right Educational Environment Personal Needs: Friends, Relationships, and Love & Sex Search for Normalcy - Gauging Success for Yourself Planning for the Future

About the Author

Chantal Sicile-Kira is an award-winning author, columnist, and speaker on autism. The author of four other books, Sicile-Kira writes for The Huffington Post andPsychologyToday.com. Her story has been covered by a wide variety of media, including NPR, PBS, MTV, the Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and Fox News.Jeremy Sicile-Kira was diagnosed as severely autistic when he was born in 1989. In 2010, he gave a commencement speech at his high school graduation. Jeremy writes for autism magazines, AutismCollege.com, and was featured in Newsweek. In 2007, Jeremy was on MTV's True Life in the episode, "I Have Autism," which won a 2007 Voice Award.Temple Grandin is the bestselling author of Animals in Translation, among others.

Reviews

Praise for Autism Life Skills: 'Chantal Sicile-Kira has done a beautiful job of putting the voices of many people on the spectrum into one book.' - Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Thinking in Pictures