Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children Contributor(s): Lutz, Amy S. F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 082651975X ISBN-13: 9780826519757 Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press OUR PRICE: $79.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Caregiving - Psychology | Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Education | Special Education - Learning Disabilities |
Dewey: 618.928 |
LCCN: 2013034804 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 216 pages |
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Publisher Description: In the fall of 2009, Amy Lutz and her husband, Andy, struggled with one of the worst decisions parents could possibly face: whether they could safely keep their autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, at home any longer. Multiple medication trials, a long procession of behavior modification strategies, and even an almost year-long hospitalization had all failed to control his violent rages. Desperate to stop the attacks that endangered family members, caregivers, and even Jonah himself, Amy and Andy decided to try the controversial procedure of electroconvulsive therapy or ECT. Over the last three years, Jonah has received 136 treatments. His aggression has greatly diminished, and for the first time Jonah, now fourteen, is moving to a less restricted school.
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Contributor Bio(s): Lutz, Amy S. F.: - Amy S. F. Lutz's writing about autism and other issues she has encountered as the mother of five children has been featured on the websites Babble and Slate. She is one of the founders of EASI Foundation: Ending Aggression and Self-Injury in the Developmentally Disabled. Her advocacy has taken her before the FDA, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, and the International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation. |