"Clinician, researcher, and professor Lynn Kern Koegel, PhD, and writer Claire LaZebnik explore the ways in which the intelligence and abilities of children and young adults with autism are often overlooked and misjudged, and share interventions to bring out their full potential"-- Provided by publisher.

Preface --Hidden strengths -- The limits of conventional testing -- Communication: the bridge that connects -- Tackling behaviors that can dim your child's bright light -- Working with schools to nurture your child's brilliance -- In-home programs: your house, your rules, your goals -- Community matters -- Finding the joy and holding on to it.