Faith, Family, and Neurodiversity by Sadia Warsi, Sophia Memon - 9781975509712

Faith, Family, and NeurodiversityIslamic Approaches to Understanding Autism\nAuthor(s): Sadia Warsi, Sophia Memon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Myers Education Press, United States\nImprint: Myers Education Press\nISBN-13: 9781975509712, 978-1975509712\nSynopsis\nMuslim families raising children with autism navigate complex intersections of faith, culture, and disability services that remain largely unexamined in special education literature. In a first for that academic literature, Faith, Family, and Neurodiversity: Islamic Approaches to Understanding Autism addresses this critical gap by centering the voices and expertise of Muslim families who have developed sophisticated strategies for supporting their children while maintaining religious identity and cultural values within American educational systems. \n Drawing on extensive community engagement and research, Dr. Sadia Warsi and Ms. Sophia Memon document how Islamic principles provide conceptual frameworks for understanding au.