FRONT COVER -- A Spectrum of Light: Inspirational Interviews with Families Affected by Autism -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 'Life does get easier' -- Chapter 2 'We're a family - we go where she can go' -- Chapter 3 'We are not going to hide our children away' -- Chapter 4 'You can't try and rush them' -- Chapter 5 'We've been able to gradually expand his environment' -- Chapter 6 'We respect her right to be different' -- Chapter 7 'You need to have somewhere to offload' -- Chapter 8 'She is so funny and so mischievous' -- Chapter 9 'He's gone way beyond functioning in society- he's now excelling' -- INDEX.