A of A Contest: Win Stephanie Hemenway's The Autism Mom's Survival Guide!
Thanks to Stephanie Hemenway for giving us two copies to give away. Leave a comment to win a copy. Better yet, buy a copy HERE and support the NAA's FOUND program.
Learn simple, practical, and inexpensive techniques for surmounting the many day-to-day challenges facing the families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders without demolishing your family budget. In a clear, no-nonsense style, the author provides effective (and cheap) tricks for organizing just about everything and making your home “sensory friendly.” She includes tips for getting your kids through the grocery store meltdown free, planning successful vacations, keeping your marriage strong, and lots more, all in a handy purse-sized and easily-referenced format. Since 2005, at least 14 children with autism have died as a result of wandering. A recent survey reveals an alarming 92% of children with autism wander. The National Autism Association’s FOUND Program provides county sheriff’s departments with Project Lifesaver equipment and tracking watches for children with ASD. A portion of the proceeds from each copy of this book sold on Amazon are being donated to NAA's FOUND Program.
Please enter me in the contest. Sounds like a great resource.
Posted by: Jennifer H | April 22, 2009 at 02:07 PM
Thanks for the chance to enter and for letting me know about this book!
Posted by: Becky H-A | April 21, 2009 at 09:53 AM
If I won I would promise to pass it along after reading:)
Posted by: Carrie Elsass | April 21, 2009 at 08:27 AM
Please enter me in the contest. Thank you.
Posted by: Carolyn M | April 20, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I promise to share it with others if I win!!
Posted by: Jamie | April 20, 2009 at 10:36 PM
This book sounds amazing. It is exactly what I need. Please enter me in the contest. Thank you, [email protected]
Posted by: Diane C | April 20, 2009 at 05:48 PM
You're right! No Autism Mom's Survival Guide would be complete without chocolate. My totally decadent (you'd never know it was GF/CF) brownie recipe is on page 81. Enjoy!
Posted by: Stephanie Hemenway | April 20, 2009 at 05:00 PM
As a mother of two very little one on the spectrum and someone who still feels crushed by this impact, I could use all the help I can get. Thank you to the author for writing and thank you to Age of Autism for the contest...
Posted by: Jennifer Brook Weinzimmer | April 20, 2009 at 02:17 PM
Yea - another mom's book! We have a lot of knowledge.
Posted by: Loreta Boskovic | April 20, 2009 at 12:19 PM
This sounds like the best thing ever!
Posted by: Angie | April 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Looks great
Posted by: Leann Henkel | April 20, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Count me in... sounds like a winner!
Posted by: Jeanne | April 20, 2009 at 09:08 AM
If it comes with chocolate, it will be the most complete survival guide ever written;-)
Posted by: Maria | April 20, 2009 at 08:09 AM
I could always use some help when it comes to money. Two boys "wounded" Three with biomedical treatments and three hundred thousand dollars poorer. Anything would help. I finally know what works and we are broke.
Posted by: John Ordille | April 20, 2009 at 07:55 AM
Wish this book had been written 6 years ago when all I knew about autism I learned from the Rain Man.
Posted by: Andrea Owens | April 20, 2009 at 05:55 AM
Love to have it. Thanks.
Posted by: Michelle Wandrack | April 20, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Thanks for the chance to win...this would be very helpful!
Posted by: Nancy Smith | April 20, 2009 at 12:06 AM
It's hard to imagine that such a book even exists! Please consider our family. I always feel torn between managing my daughter's Type 1 diabetes 24/7 since age 3yrs old and my son's Autism 24/7...
I know there is so much more I want for my son and just need a guide that would help lead me, we won't rest till we get there!
Advocating every waking moment and we have miles to go before we sleep! Thanks for the opportunity. God speed!
Posted by: Sandra McCarthy | April 19, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Four and a half years undiagnosed, seven years since the diagnosis, and counting...how's that for a bid?
Posted by: Gayatri | April 19, 2009 at 11:22 PM
rileysmom et al
All of us Autism Moms need a survival guide of our own, especially the "rookies"- I know I sure could have used one right after the “crash”. I was in the Air Force, and believe me, they take their survival guides very seriously - they wrote the first one back in 1945. Some of the advice in that one actually applies to us, like “don’t wander aimlessly if lost” and “avoid tight shoes” (I imagine this goes double for heels.) It also suggests “don’t grow a beard if you can help it”, which is really good government-issue advice, especially for an Autism Mom. (We’ve got enough to contend with as it is…!) But NONE of them tell you how the heck to get your kid through the automatic glass doors at Food Lion (I checked) or how to make a loaf of soft GF/CF white bread that a 3-year old will eat, so I thought we needed one that was geared more toward our special circumstances. The Autism Mom's Survival Guide is the book I wish I'd been given along with our son's diagnosis.
Please check out the NAA’s FOUND program, and call your local sheriff’s department and see if they participate in Project Lifesaver. It is an incredible program! (Trust me, we know from firsthand experience. Andrew still has this urge to go on walkabouts - if he didn’t wear his tracking watch 24/7, I’d be a wreck.)
IF RESCUE FAILS AND YOU DECIDE TO WALK YOUR WAY OUT, LAY YOUR PLANS CAREFULLY AND THEN STICK TO THEM. (US Army Air Force, 1945)
Posted by: Stephanie Hemenway | April 19, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I would love to add this book as a resource. I had never heard of it before and it sounds like a great one to have!
Thanks!
Posted by: Renee | April 19, 2009 at 09:34 PM
Thanks for donating these 2 copies! Sign me up.
Posted by: Holly D | April 19, 2009 at 09:34 PM
Looks like a great book
Posted by: Lisa Clark | April 19, 2009 at 09:04 PM
I could definately put this book to good use!! Thanks for the offer!
Posted by: Lin | April 19, 2009 at 09:02 PM
I'm hoping to win the survival guide!! :o)
Posted by: Ayden's Mommy | April 19, 2009 at 08:56 PM
This sounds like a wonderful addition to my collection...we share books,DVD's etc..especially to new moms struggling to find the first road to turn down...can't wait to read it!
Posted by: Jeanna | April 19, 2009 at 08:29 PM
I just left the DAN! conference and my head is swimming! I could use a survival guide!!
Posted by: Laneysmom | April 19, 2009 at 08:21 PM
This is the first I have heard of this book. "Found" sounds like an excellent program, and the Survival Guide, an essential book for all families with autism.
Posted by: Rob | April 19, 2009 at 08:18 PM
I would absolutely LOVE to win this book!!
Posted by: Nicky | April 19, 2009 at 08:13 PM
I promise, if I win, to share it with all of the families that use our resource library.... in Tennessee.... at Beyond the Limits, An Autism Resource Connection!!!!
Posted by: Jamie | April 19, 2009 at 08:07 PM
This book sounds very helpful!
Posted by: Lin | April 19, 2009 at 07:55 PM
I could really use this!!!
Posted by: kristin bushey | April 19, 2009 at 05:38 PM
Ooo Oooo Pick me!! I never win anything!!!
No really, I'm desperate. I need a survival guide.
Posted by: rileysmom | April 19, 2009 at 05:16 PM
I would love to have a copy or this book!
Posted by: Leigh Ann Murdock | April 19, 2009 at 04:09 PM
Hey, folks, remember to contact your local library and ask them to buy it.
Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
ISBN-10: 143922661X
ISBN-13: 978-1439226612
Posted by: nhokkanen | April 19, 2009 at 02:32 PM
This sounds like a great resource book!
Posted by: Nadine | April 19, 2009 at 01:28 PM