Product Description
If someone you love is diagnosed with autism, LOUDER THAN WORDS is the first book you should read.

One morning, Jenny McCarthy was having a cup of coffee when she sensed something was wrong. She ran into her two-year-old son Evan’s room and found him seizing. In that moment, Jenny went from being the mother of an average toddler to being in the midst of a medical odyssey. Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed Evan until—after many harrowing, life-threatening episodes later—one amazing doctor discovered that Evan is autistic.

Though Evan finally had a diagnosis, Jenny didn’t know what to do next and she soon found herself alone without any resources except for her determination to help her son. Jenny eventually realized that she’d have to become a detective. She spoke with many doctors, parents, governmental agencies, private foundations, and essentially earned a Phd in “Google Research.” At last, she discovered an intense combination of behavioral therapy, diet, and supplements that became the key to saving Evan from autism. And, now in this book, she creates a roadmap for parents who are concerned about their own child.

Jenny does more than just reveal the winning formula that worked for Evan. Her story shares the frustrations and joys of raising an autistic child and shows how with love and determination a parent can shape their child’s life and happiness.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 264 reviews)

A Must Read Book!!!

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.
October 09, 2008

Rimland's Classic book on Autism

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.
October 07, 2008

Jenny Frakking McCarthy wrote a Frakking Book on Frakking Autism

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.
October 03, 2008

Very Offensive Language!!!!!

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!!

October 03, 2008

Histrionic rubbish

I am the parent of a son with autism. I am also a PhD scientist in public health. This would be the last book I would recommend to anyone who has a child with autism! What qualifications does she have to question the evidence-based diagnosis/treatment/care for our children? To me, it comes off as a shrill, histrionic, attention-seeking, denialist approach when your child is (maybe) diagnosed with a pervasive disorder that cannot be 'cured', only managed. Her personal foray into the cause of autism, in which she blames vaccines, is mind-numbing and embarrassing. She has no concept of science, medicine or medical research.

I feel sad for the families of autistic people who will follow the so-called advice in this book.
October 03, 2008

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