Uniquely Normal is the BestBookAwards.com winner in the “Health: Psychology and Mental Health” category. It also took the runner-up award in the “Parenting” category.
“I got a lot out of this book and I’ll be applying much of Robert’s wisdom to help my own kids. I can’t recommend this book enough. It has something for more or less everyone on the spectrum, at all ages – and those who support them.”
– Gavin Bollard, Life with Aspergers blog
Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy To Treat Autism
Robert J. Bernstein with Robin Cantor-Cooke
Foreword by Temple Grandin
January 2018 Paperback 336pp 9781941765463
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Uniquely Normal introduces Robert J. Bernstein’s intuitive approach. He has spent a lifetime developing a system to help people of all ages on the autism spectrum, many of whom have never spoken.
Robert communicates with people on the autism spectrum on their terms. He allows them to lead, as he bases his approach on his perception that autism is “uniquely normal”.
He says: “We have to tap into their reservoir of ‘normal’ so they can understand us, because we perplex them as much as we are often perplexed by autism.”
- The first part of Robert’s book explains the basis of his concept. He considers it to be the opposite of popular – and often expensive – alternative forms of therapy such as Applied Behaviour Analysis.
- The second part of the book consists of a number of Robert’s cases, all of them illustrating his techniques. He has organised them by age group, ranging from early years to late adolescence and beyond.
This landmark book is written to teach others Robert’s methods. The approach aims to unlock people with autism so they can live in the world and connect with the people in it as themselves.
