Build Your Own Life
A Self-Help Guide For Individuals With Asperger Syndrome
As someone with Asperger Syndrome, Wendy Lawson knows all about the social difficulties that accompany the condition. In this book, she guides others on the autism spectrum through the confusing map of life, tackling the building bricks of social existence one by one with humour, insight and practical suggestions. Exploring what it is like to be an adult in an alien world, she looks at the concepts of 'self' and 'other' and talks about the people in our lives - how to relate to them, how we can use their support and how we can protect ourselves in the process. Using poetry and illustrations, she goes on to explain the difficult notion of `put…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84642-386-4
- EAN: 9781846423864
- Produktnummer: 20471365
- Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'748 KB
Über den Autor
Wendy Lawson, who has Asperger Syndrome, was considered to be intellectually disabled as a child and lived with a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia for over 25 years. She overcame this to become a social worker and adult educator who now runs her own business. Wendy lives in Victoria, Australia, and is the author of Life Behind Glass and Understanding and Working with the Spectrum of Autism, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, plus numerous articles on autism spectrum conditions.
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