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Conversations in autism : from insight to good practice

By: Johnston, Paula.
Contributor(s): Hatton, Sue.
Publisher: Kidderminster BILD 2003Description: 80 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1904082696.Subject(s): ASPERGER SYNDROME | EXPERIENCES | PERCEPTIONS | SOCIAL INTERACTION | OPINIONS
Contents:
Foreword|The introduction|How people see me : disruptive or retarded|Social interaction : my likes and dislikes|Why my opinion is right!|Anger, violence and me!|How I sense the world|The special interest|The conclusion|Postscript|References
Summary: "The book vividly portrays the intense reactions and feelings that Paula experiences in relation to everyday events. Paula Johnston, a woman with Asperger syndrome, shares her unique viewpoint and experiences on everything from world religion to violence, peer pressure and marriage. But Conversations in Autism moves beyond anecdotes, valuable as they are. This book is a dialogue - a conversation between Paula and Sue Hatton, her supporter and expert practitioner and trainer in autism services. The insights and experiences that Paula shares, and Sue comments on, help to unlock some of the mystery that surrounds children, young people and adults with an autistic spectrum disorder who do not speak, or who are labelled as having a severe learning disability." - PUBLISHERS WEBSITE
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"The book vividly portrays the intense reactions and feelings that Paula experiences in relation to everyday events. Paula Johnston, a woman with Asperger syndrome, shares her unique viewpoint and experiences on everything from world religion to violence, peer pressure and marriage. But Conversations in Autism moves beyond anecdotes, valuable as they are. This book is a dialogue - a conversation between Paula and Sue Hatton, her supporter and expert practitioner and trainer in autism services. The insights and experiences that Paula shares, and Sue comments on, help to unlock some of the mystery that surrounds children, young people and adults with an autistic spectrum disorder who do not speak, or who are labelled as having a severe learning disability." - PUBLISHERS WEBSITE

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Foreword|The introduction|How people see me : disruptive or retarded|Social interaction : my likes and dislikes|Why my opinion is right!|Anger, violence and me!|How I sense the world|The special interest|The conclusion|Postscript|References

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