Autism-Meet Me Who I Am: A Contribution toward an Educational, Sensory, and Nutritional Approach to Childhood Autism that Supports Families and ... Wish to Connect to People and the World

by Lakshmi Prasanna, Michael Kokinos

This book is for parents and families, teachers and schools, doctors and therapists who are looking for a deeper understanding of children with autism. The children themselves led us on a pathway through our efforts to connect and communicate our means to heal and educate them. This book shares that pathway of two-way learning and healing. The outlook on autism presented here emerges from twenty years of clinical work and individual research by Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna, a developmental pediatrician and neonatologist from India, and Michael Kokinos, an Australian physiotherapist specializing in neurology and the relationship of movement and sensation. They have worked mostly in the rapidly developing cities of South India. They have very different professional and cultural backgrounds, with one from the East and the other from a Greek family in the West. Autistic characteristics present with an incredible diversity; the consultation room alone does not often suffice to see and truly understand the unique riddle of an individual child. The authors' interest and research has involved observation of the children contextually―behind diagnostic labels (communication disorder, repetitive behaviors, lack of eye contact, etc.)―while holding questions such as Many researchers have labored to meet the challenges presented by each child with autism. Autism by its very nature transcends a reductionist, materialistic view and points to the work of soul and spirit in the birth and growth of children. The intention of the authors' work has always been guided by objective facts, allowing them speak to those who care.

132 pages, Paperback

Published February 9, 2018

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

She’s doing the work, asking the questions, and doing that heart-thinking thing I’ve been hearing so much about. Reading this was like talking with a close friend. My heart feels warmed. People who went to see her lecture said that about her: she’s just embodied love, and you feel it in the room when she’s there. Hooray for love.

[Tanu Goel Srivastava · Rating 4 out of 5]

Abraxas is the sum total of all the impersonal forces acting on the human being-all the forces of nature: gravity, chemistry, physics— the great cycles of creation and destruction. These forces are also expressed in the Hindu trinity of Creation (Brahma), Preservation (Vishnu), and Destruc-tion/Renewal (Shiva).
Each human soul is placed in a body and lives in the midst of Abraxas. Rudolf Steiner names individualization as the goal of human evolution.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A paradigm-shifting read. Though written through the lens of anthroposophy, the book contains food for thought for any teacher, parent, or therapeutic carer.