Lorna Wing - Nonfiction

Autism Books

Lorna Wing is the parent of a person with autism, is a founding member of UK's National Autistic Society, and has researched and written extensively on autism.

Link:
UK National Autistic Society

Sybil Elgar & Lorna Wing.: Teaching Autistic Children (London: College of Special Education, 1969). ISBN: 0901443050 (32 pages). [autism,se]
Isabelle Rapin, ed & Lorna Wing.: Preschool Children with Inadequate Communication: Developmental Language Disorder, Autism, Mental Deficiency (Cambridge University Press, 1996). Part of the series Clinics in developmental medicine. Number 139 in the series. Includes "Wing Autistic Disorders Interview Checklist (WADIC)" and "Wing Schedule of Handicaps Behaviour and Skills (HBS)" by Lorna Wing. ISBN: 1898683077 (hardcover, 299 pages). [autism]
Lorna Wing, ed.: Aspects of Autism: Biological Research (London: Gaskell, 1988). Part of the series Gaskell Psychiatry. From conference at the University of Kent, 18-20 September, 1987. [autism,proceedings]
Lorna Wing.: Autistic Children: a guide for parents and professionals (New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1972). 157 pages. Second edition available (below). ISBN: 0094630100 (hardcover, Academic Press Canada, 1980); ISBN: 0806504080 (paperback, 249 pages, Citadel Press, 1979). [autism,intro,parent]
Lorna Wing.: Autistic Children: a guide for parents and professionals, 2nd ed (Brunner/Mazel, 1985). 174 pages. Also, Citadel Press, New Jersey. ISBN: 0876300522 ; ISBN: 0876303912 (hardcover, 176 pages). [autism,intro,parent]
Lorna Wing.: Autistic Continuum Disorders, 2nd ed (National Autistic Society, 1993). [autism]
Lorna Wing.: The Autistic Spectrum: a guide for parents and professionals (Constable Publishers, 1996). Also Trans-Atlantic Publications, 1997 http://www.oneworld.org/autism_uk/spectrum.html See second edition. Reader: Excellent: either this or Bryna Siegel's The World of the Autistic Child would be a perfect place for a parent who's just heard their child's diagnosis to start; Both are very up-to-date and cover the whole spectrum, but Wing's book tends to cover educational resources in the UK rather than the US, while Siegel's in the other way around. ISBN: 0094751609 (hardcover, 208 pages). [autism]
Lorna Wing.: The Autistic Spectrum: a guide for parents and professionals, 2nd edition (Constable and Robinson, 2003). ISBN: 1841196746 (paperback, 239 pages). [autism]
Lorna Wing.: The Autistic Spectrum: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Helping Your Child (Ulysses Press, 2001). This is perhaps an update of Lorna Wing's The Autistic Spectrum: a guide for parents and professionals. ISBN: 1569752575 (paperback, 240 pages). [autism,parent]
Lorna Wing.: Children Apart: autistic children and their families (London: British Medical Association in conjunction with the National Association for Mental Health, 1970). Part of the series A Family doctor booklet. 31 pages ISBN: 0900221240 . [autism]
Lorna Wing.: Children Apart: autistic children and their families (London: National Association for Mental Health, 1973). Revised edition. 24 pages. ISBN: 0900557184 . [autism]
Lorna Wing, ed.: Early Childhood Autism: Clinical, Educational, and Social Aspects, 2nd ed (New York: Pergamon Press, 1976). 342 pages. Also Oxford. [autism]
Lorna Wing.: Les Enfants autistes (Association au service des inadaptes ayant des troubles de la personnalite, 1969). 31 pages. Translation of Autistic Children. [autism,french]

Autism non-fiction books by Lorna Wing.