Table of Contents

Part One: The Autism Spectrum

1. Introduction, Tony Attwood
2. A Spectrum of Neurodevelopment, Manuel Cassanova & Emily Casanova

Part Two: The Nine Degrees of Autism

3. The first degree of autism: Being born on the autism spectrum, Michael Fitzgerald & Philip Wylie
4. The second degree of autism: Knowing that we are different, without understanding why, Louise Page
5. The third degree of autism: Developing secondary health problems, Laura Battles
6. The fourth degree of autism: Self-identification, Debra Moore
7. The fifth degree of autism: Consideration of all Options, Stephen Shore
8. The sixth degree of autism: Resolution to live with autism: The crisis of identity, Altazar Rossiter
9. The seventh degree of autism: Self-acceptance and commitment in autism, Wenn Lawson
10. The eighth degree of autism: Service to society, Sara Heath
11. The ninth degree of autism: Recognition, mastery and unity, Temple Grandin and Debra Moore