{"product":{"product_id":"1118127218","title":"The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults","price":"26.95","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51OGm3emEXL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118127218"},"comments":[{"body":"https://www.amazon.com/Science-Making-Friends-DVD-Challenged/dp/1118127218/ref=sr_1_1_nodl?crid=1UYB88N6BJPHI\u0026amp;dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=the+science+of+making+friends\u0026amp;qid=1612044322\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;sprefix=the+science+of+ma%2Cstripbooks%2C202\u0026amp;sr=1-1","subreddit_name":"specialed","author":"dont-be-a-todd"},{"body":"i really don't want to be intrusive in any way, but i have been an autism diagnostician for 13 years. if i can help in any way at all - even just to chat about it - please message me anytime!\r\n\r\ni know you probably already know this, on some level, but i think it helps to think about a diagnosis as a tool. i don't mean to imply that it isn't a true part of who someone is - cognitive and social-emotional differences ARE, of course! but the diagnosis itself, on paper- it's something you can pick up and put down. use it when you need it, put it in your family toolbox when you don't. it's a part of your world, but you don't have to always carry it clenched firmly in your hand. a diagnosis also changes absolutely nothing about your sweet 6-year-old that you love so much - it doesn't change a single thing, but it may give you a helpful lens to understand (and help her understand) the way she sees the world. \r\n\r\n[this book](https://www.amazon.com/Science-Making-Friends-DVD-Challenged/dp/1118127218) is geared towards pre-teens and up, but i think you may find it really interesting and helpful. some of the strategies, and ways of reframing social interaction to be a little more linear and concrete...they are really ingenious! even if she doesn't get a diagnosis, those confusions about social interactions will still be there (for now) and this may help. \u0026lt;3","subreddit_name":"Indiemakeupandmore","author":"lush_gram"}]}