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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Bridges, Holly.

Reframe your thinking around autism: how the polyvagal theory and brain plasticity help us make

sense of autism / Holly Bridges.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84905-672-4 (alk. paper)

1. Autism in children--Treatment. 2. Affect (Psychology) 3. Social interaction. I. Title.

RJ506.A9B745 2015

618.92’85882--dc23

2015008375

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

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ISBN 978 1 84905 672 4

eISBN 978 1 78450 177 8