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Autism is a kind of neurodevelopmental delay accompanied by a person's whole life, so no matter in school, at home or in society, the patients themselves and their parents are faced with the cruel reality of being incomprehensible and forming huge mental and psychological pressure, which also causes a vicious circle of aggravating symptoms. This book refers to the recent new research results in the relevant fields, combined with decades of professional theoretical and practical research experience of the author, uses the simple analysis and description strategy, uses the easy to understand literary means and language, and analyzes the characteristics of autistic patients and the basic rehabilitation strategies and methods in detail.
A practical, solution-focused guide to managing pregnancy, childbirth and the post-natal period for autistic parents and the health and social care practitioners who support them.Autistic and Expecting is the first book of its kind to be written specifically for autistic parents. The author is an autistic mother who experienced a mental health crisis after a poorly supported pregnancy and childbirth. She voices the experiences of many autistic parents, and addresses the issues that they face collectively and individually.The book provides a practical, insightful and solution-focused guide to empower autistic parents from pre-conception through to the first few months with their baby. It is sensitively illustrated and provides the information, resources and confidence autistic parents need to advocate for themselves, as well as to develop positive relationships with the professionals involved in their care. It is also a useful resource for health and social care practitioners, detailing how to provide reasonably adjusted care with the best outcomes for autistic people and their babies.
Masking is a form of identity management involving consciously or unconsciously suppressing aspects of identity and action. Often seen in socially marginalised groups, it is found to contribute towards poorer outcomes for autistic people, and is related to higher prevalence of suicidality, exhaustion and burnout, and mental health difficulties. Autistic Masking offers a holistic understanding of the most up-to-date evidence in this field, with the aim of developing solid knowledge and practice in health, education and society.Written to be accessible to everyday readers with an interest in autism as well as academics and professionals, the book deconstructs the predominant misconception that masking is purely a social strategy to ‘blend in’ with neurotypical (non-autistic) people. The authors consider the social context that facilitates impression management, including an individual’s response to stigma or trauma, and take an intersectional approach to exploring how autistic identity may interact with other aspects of selfhood.
BEING DIFFERENT WHAT IF YOU LIVED IN A WORLD THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD BUT YOU? An autistic young man’s wretched, bullied existence is transformed when he discovers a strange boarded-up house in the country and gets to know its even stranger inhabitant. When lured off a planned walk by the magical landscape, Spencer finds his ‘pot of gold’ in a boarded-up house with its strange inhabitant, a young woman called Goldy. A strange angel, who wears black and squats in derelict buildings, she becomes a guiding light in Spencer’s lonely existence. But back on the estate where he lives, evil lurks in the form of a ruthless gang of bullying teenagers. Can he escape to a better life or does Goldy, and all she promises, sparkle with false lustre?
Music has a tremendous effect on the body and soul. Case in point. Here, the cellist Claire Oppert retraces her experiences with autistic children, end-of-life patients, or even those who are said to be insane. A date, a place, and a musical work introduce each of these portraits. There are, for example, the young autistics for whom music seems to fill the void of language, or a former boxer for whom Piaf’s “Je ne regrette rien” recalls his best fights. In addition to easing suffering, music also builds interpersonal bridges: a look, a smile, a tear, and sometimes (when words are still possible), memories, dreams, and far-off places… A book reminiscent of works by Howard Buten, When I Was Five I Killed Myself or Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
"Children of the Stars" is a novel about autistic children. It tells the story of an autistic family and a disabled puppy. It describes the difficulties and hardships of autistic children facing all aspects of learning and life. Finally, with the help of society, an extraordinary life was achieved.
Who's Trading with me? Communication Promotion of Autistic People with the "Picture Exchange Communication System” "Who trades with me? I offer a symbol card – and I search for a glove". Non-speaking autistic people very often reach their limits when they want to communicate wishes and needs to their fellow human beings. Heidemarie Bach describes how communication in general takes place and which peculiarities make it difficult for autistic people to communicate with their environment. In addition to explanatory models for these particularities and an overview of communication promotion methods, the PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) will be presented. The book is intended as a stimulus and guide for therapists, educators, and relatives to provide PECS as a method of communication to the autistic people with whom they live and work. *** "Wer tauscht mit mir? Biete Symbolkarte – suche Handschuh". Nichtsprechende autistische Menschen gelangen sehr oft an ihre Grenzen, wenn sie ihren Mitmenschen Wünsche und Bedürfnisse mitteilen wollen. Heidemarie Bach beschreibt, wie Kommunikation im Allgemeinen abläuft und welche Besonderheiten die Kommunikation autistischer Menschen mit ihrer Umwelt erschweren. Neben Erklärungsmodellen für ebenjene Besonderheiten und einem Überblick über Kommunikationsfördermethoden wird das PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) vorgestellt. Das Buch soll helfen, als Anregung und Anleitung für Therapeuten, Pädagogen und Angehörige, den autistischen Menschen, mit denen sie leben und arbeiten, PECS als Kommunikationsmethode zur Seite zu stellen.
What's it like to realise you're autistic? And how do you start to ask the world around you to accept that? From the outside looking in, Sandra Thom-Jones was living a successful life- she had a great career, a beautiful home, a caring husband, two loving sons and supportive friends. But from the inside looking out, she was struggling to make sense of her place in the world, constantly feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, and convinced that her challenges with daily life just meant that she had to try harder. In Growing In to Autism, Thom-Jones tells the story of gradually realizing that she was autistic, and that she experienced the world in ways which were markedly different from neurotypical people. This was a profound awakening - throughout her life she had been masking her true self and this effort had come at great physical, mental and emotional cost. Applying her skills as an experienced and expert researcher, Thom-Jones delved into the literature on autism in adults, learning much more than she already knew as a parent of two autistic boys. Part personal, funny, endearing and enlightening memoir, and part rigorous explication of the nature of autism, Growing in to Autism is a book for all people, memorably conveying the need for better understanding and ways of making space for a group of individuals in our society who have so much to offer.
Poseidon, an alcoholic teenager working as underpaid transporter at the harbor, meets his girlfriend Lydia and his best friend Fotis, a young male whore, in a no-name fast food in the poor suburbs of Athens. Lydia met an Arab full of cocaine in his villa and Fotis is trying to convince them to steal the stuff and set up a business. They will hire young Greek-Russian emigrant women to sell the stuff. The discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Poseidon’s mother and his autistic sister in her wheelchair. His mother has to go to work and he has to take care of his over-aged grandmother and his autistic sister at home. They decide to hit the Arab. Lydia will date the Arab in his villa and Poseidon and Fotis will organize to hit him. But when things go wrong, everything around them changes. To survive they have to live beyond any rules and regulations. Rough heroes living on the edge. Life is recorded as it is, funny and tragic.
Zoe has just finished school and started an internship at a local newspaper. Her first assignment is to write about romance, but where to begin? Zoe hasn’t been in love. She doesn’t think anyone has ever even liked her. So when her article is published and she’s contacted by a number of young men who had been interested in her in their schooldays, Zoe realises that somehow she had missed the social cues. Social Queue is a funny-serious own-voices story about being a young autistic woman navigating the dating scene and sorting out complex and often confusing feelings on the road to finding love. Kay Kerr’s debut novel Please Don’t Hug Me was beloved by readers for its portrayal of the life of an autistic teenager. Her second novel, Social Queue, is another heartwarming contemporary YA novel with huge appeal for neuro-diverse and neuro-typical readers alike.
There are many fun things to do at a birthday party. But for Luis, who has autism, sometimes fun things can be scary. Luckily his sister will be there to help him have a good time. Early readers can follow the simple story and bright illustrations as they learn about the importance of compassion and kindness. With pre-reading questions, this fiction book is ideal for guided reading and builds early literacy skills.
Jeanne Simons devoted her career as a social worker to the study, treatment, and care of children with autism. She established the Linwood Center in Ellicott City, Maryland. Developmental psychologist Sabine Oishi collaborated with Simons and learned that Simons herself was autistic and had not enjoyed childhood intervention, yet she had developed her own dissociative strategies as coping techniques. This is a biography of Simons, with commentary from Oishi and resources about autism as appendixes.
Despite its wide impact on a range of disciplines, the concept of neurodiversity is often poorly understood. This can lead to uninformed debate and tensions regarding service provision. This edited reader brings together work from pioneering figures within and beyond the neurodiversity movement to critically explore its history, the concepts that have shaped it, lived experiences, and how a more informed understanding might translate into better practice and service provision.
This is a fast paced quirky English thriller. When an explosion kills her best friend, Auburn, a functioning autistic, has to overcome all adversities in a bid to find out why and who was responsible. Unwittingly she falls into a dark world of gangsters and money laundering. Full of observational humour and an abundance of colourful characters, Auburn as a person, and a book, will grow on the reader!
If you deal with challenging behaviours this book includes strategies covering a range of special needs including autistic spectrum, aspergers, dyspraxia, dyslexia, depression, tourettes, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and specific learning difficulties. It addresses problems such as: Truanting Swearing and verbal abuse Theft Bullying Attention seeking Drug abuse Low self-esteem Vandalism. Includes case histories to provide some insight into the difficult situations teachers may encounter in the classroom.
A mother’s work is never done. Not while Sunny has a ghost of a chance. Her sister and brother-in-law, Honey and Bert, are good people, no worries. Sunny’s twins will have a loving home with them in Mossy Creek, a warm-hearted small town in the mountains of Georgia. But Sunny, a San Francisco voiceover artist before the accident that killed her and her husband, has bad memories of Honey and Bert’s unpredictable, autistic son, Jeremy. Will he harm her babies? Sunny’s not leaving until she’s certain they’re safe.
This book is designed for teachers and speech and language therapists working in the fields of language and literacy, and concerned with developing inferencing skills in their students. The ability to draw inference is a crucial element in the comprehension of written language, and this valuable tool aids in mainstream classes throughout Key Stage 2. It is especially appropriate for work with children with speech, language and communication needs and those on the autistic spectrum, who are likely to have particular difficulty understanding inference. This book contains a collection of 300 texts which are graded, and lead the student gradually from simple tasks with picture support and plentiful clues to more challenging scenarios where true inference is required. The texts can be used with whole classes, groups and individual children.
This practical resource provides an introduction to the theory and practice of writing social stories. In addition, there are examples of successful stories to use as guides, as well as information and photocopiable resources for delivering training on the use of social stories. Based on detailed work carried out in homes, schools and pre-schools, this book offers practical support to anyone meeting the needs of a child or young adult with an autistic spectrum disorder. Social stories are short stories intended for children with autism to help them understand their social world and behave appropriately within it. The stories: Provide clear, concise and accurate information about what is happening in a specific situation, outlining both why it is happening and what a typical response might be Are written by those directly supporting a child with autism and only successful stories are included in the book Are infinitely flexible and adaptable to an individual child in an individual social situation.
The influential anti-vaxxer community has created an inescapable narrative around childhood vaccines and the development of autism. Although it first sprung from a fraudulent scientific paper, long since retracted, the story that took hold shows no signs of letting up. The result is that we're already seeing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases around the country. In this book, Peter J. Hotez examines not only the science that shows the anti-vaxxer's concerns are unfounded but also the failure of the scientific community to effectively communicate the facts, leaving the paranoid narrative of the anti-vaxxers to proliferate. Beginning with the many victories of vaccines over disease, through his own experience as a vaccine developer, and ending with a view of what's at stake if vaccines fall further from favor, Hotez draws on his experiences as both the father of an autistic child and a scientist. Along the way he outlines the arguments on both sides, picking them apart to find the truth and showing a path to better scientific communication with the general public.
Nori&Eu; is a project with three voices. Caeto, a Brazilian author of comics and an illustrator, is the editor and brings together two versions of one family’s story: the narrative of Sonia and her son Massanori, or Nori. Sonia tells her story beginning with the birth of Massanori, the difficulties in diagnosing her autistic son, his relationships with the other siblings, family, school and friends. A story of love and dedication, but full of prejudice and difficulties as well. Moving and dramatic. Massanori in turn, a student in Caeto’s drawing course and author of mangas (fanzines), tells his story in a peculiar manner, circumscribed by world events. As explained by his mother: “I perceive my son’s mind as a compendium relating facts and dates, today not only limited to Disney related subjects or super heroes, but historical facts, cultural landmarks and family stories that he finds in books, encyclopedias and by talking with family members… It’s his security blanket.”
