The book is structured as a live conversation about autism and helping younger children overcome the difficulties associated with it. The text is addressed to parents - they are the child’s main assistants, a helping bridge between him and the world, equal members of the team of specialists working with the child. How to survive a meeting with a child with autism and the associated changes in life? How to feel and understand what is happening with a child so that it helps living with him and his development? How to help your child and be his effective helper? How to maintain yourself in this long-term and difficult task? What to expect from help? How to prepare a child for independent life? The content of the book is a discussion of these and other issues. The book is addressed primarily to parents of autistic children of preschool age.