Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew

For anyone short on time this is an excellent brief introduction to the challenges children with autism face in being misunderstood by neurotypicals, and I love that Notbohm begins with the first being that the child is first and foremost a child, a child with autism but not primarily autistic. My child has just been diagnosed with high functioning ASD, what would previously have been called Asperger's syndrome, and although some parts were not relevant the majority struck a real chord and spoke from her point of view.