Louder Than Words
A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism

My little boy was recently diagnosed as being on the Autistic spectrum and it's a scary, confusing and overwhelming thing to have to deal with...especially in the beginning. My husband and I have spent untold amounts of money already on therapy, therapeutic/adaptive toys, sensory paraphernalia and w......more

I saw Jenny McCarthy talking about this book on Oprah so I bought it. I have not read any of Jenny's other books, but I was very interested in learning how autism effected her life. I have to say, Jenny McCarthy is a very dedicated mother who was going to stop at nothing to find out what was wrong wi......more

A well written enjoyable read. This is not really supposed to be a "how-to" book, which is nice after reading a large amount of very medical books on autism. Jenny does an awesome job of expressing her personal struggles with her sons diagnosis, family relationships, and treatment. I read her baby b......more

My brother is one of the hundreds of thousands of Americans with autism. I don't believe that he would have responded to any of the treatments that worked for Jenny, rather he's making some progress with lots of therapy and a constantly evolving cocktail of behavior modification meds. The fact is th......more

I'll admit that I was a bit skeptical, a bit hesitant before I read this book for the first time, but so much about Jenny's son Evan resonated with me and reminded me of my own son that I knew as I read it that she was onto something. Her descriptions of Evan--such as him letting the other kids take......more