Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism

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Customer Reviews:

Very Offensive Language!!!!! [Posted on 2008-10-03]
As a grandmother of a Grandson with Autism, I have read many books on Autism. I enjoy reading other stories of how families of children with Autism have dealt with them and what treatment they used. I was excited to read "Louder Than Words" because I had heard Jenny McCarthy on TV and knew her son was doing well. I am very disappointed with this book; the story is interesting but her filthy language has made me want to throw the book in the trash. I do believe she could have written her story without using the gutter words she used in this book, even if she said them in reality which I am sure she did. On one hand she is asking God for help and on the other hand she is using every trashy word she has in her vocabulary. Being a Christian, this totally turned me off to this book and I feel like it totally ruined the story. I do NOT recommend it to anyone!!

Jenny Frakking McCarthy wrote a Frakking Book on Frakking Autism [Posted on 2008-10-03]
I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this review, so in short, here are the two things that hack the rating down for me from 3.5 to 2:

* Repeated use of the F word in conversation is semi-acceptable among those you know well, but repeated use in a book on Mothering and Autism is an indicator of crudeness. There is no need to drag the culture down any further than necessary, particularly in a book on Autism and a Mother's love. (I was in the military and I can swear with the best of them, thank you.)
* Jenny McCarthy seems to think that ONLY mother's care about children with autism. Listen Blondie, just because your husband couldn't take it, and the ladies at the UCLA medical center hung out there all day long, doesn't mean that most Men don't take an active role in caring for their children's autism. I'm the one that does the majority of the active work for my son, and I take great offense at the remarks about men not being involved.

As for the rest of it? It's always enlightening to hear about another parent's struggles with Autism, but her son's condition is certainly out of the norm for most kids on the spectrum, both in terms of the original symptoms appearing after massive seizures and in the amount of money she was able to plow into treatment. I'm glad her son is doing better, but a lot of the material in this book simply isn't useful for the average parent.

Rimland's Classic book on Autism [Posted on 2008-10-07]
Psychologist using Rimland's critera for autism know there are modifications one can make regarding the children's behavior. However, there is no cure. By definition, if your child is cured from autism, your child did not have autism.

This is a good book [Posted on 2008-10-09]
This book tells an important story. It's important because it's not just one mother's story or one child's story. One out of every 150 children now has a dx of autism. As the mom of an autistic 11 year old boy whose descent into autism followed his vaccine schedule, I am grateful to Jenny McCarthy for telling it like it is. I hope this book leads parents of autistic kids to her book Mother Warriors.

A Must Read Book!!! [Posted on 2008-10-09]
I bought this book as I have two grandchildren who are considered special needs students. One is a high functioning autistic and the other is in the spectrum. Before I was able to read it, my husband decided to beat me to it. He was fascinated! (Due to a reading comprehension problem, he had only read books he was forced to read.) Needless to say, he loved it and do did I! If you know anyone who has a child dealing with this, please do yourself a favor and buy the book and read it. Ms. McCarthy writes in a down-to-earth fashion that keeps you spellbound. I cannot wait for her to write more.

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