Been there. Done that. Try this! An Aspie's guide to life on earth
By: Attwood, Tony
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Contributor(s): Evans, Craig R | Lesko, Anita.
Publisher: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2014Description: 335 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781849059640.Subject(s): ASPERGER SYNDROME | AUTISM | ANXIETY | SELF ESTEEM | DEPRESSION | SENSORY ISSUES | FRIENDSHIPS | RELATIONSHIPS | MARRIAGE | SEXUALITY | EMOTIONS | EMPLOYMENT | BULLYING| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book | IHC Library | 720 ATT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W000757 |
"If you only buy one book to improve your life this year, make it this one.
Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Stephen M. Shore, and many other Aspie mentors, offer their personal guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant, in order of urgency - anxiety, self-esteem, change, meltdowns, depression, friendship, love, and much, much more. Based on years of personal experience, this book is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there and done that! World expert Dr. Tony Attwood rounds up each chapter with professional analysis and extensive recommendations. He includes essential information on destructive strategies that may look attractive, but that have counter-productive effects. Including full color artwork from Aspie artists showing visually how they interpret each stressor, this is THE inspirational guide to life for young adults, the newly diagnosed, and as a life-long reference for anyone on the spectrum - written by Aspies for Aspies." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
Donated by The Freemasons Charity
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Preface
The 17 stressors : the 17 ranked issues that cause the most stress to someone with Asperger's/HFA
1. Overcoming anxiety
2. Overcoming poor self-esteem
3. Accepting and working with change
4. Living with meltdowns
5. Overcoming depression
6. Living with sensory issues
7. Making and keeping friends
8. Living with personal management issues
9. Understanding and succeeding with intimacy, dating, sex and marriage
Color Artwork Illustrating the 17 Stressors
10. Understanding and expressing emotions
11. "Faking it"
12. Getting and keeping a job
13. Disclosing a diagnosis
14. Bullying
15. Choosing a career
16. Improving empathetic attunement
17. Should I be tested for Asperger's/HFA?
About the Aspie mentors
Contributing artists
Appendix : the survey questionnaire
Editors' websites
Mentor and artist index
Patron comment on 14/08/2016
This is a brilliant book. It has some really useful and advice from people who actually understand Aspergers; ourselves. I wish I'd found it sooner. I wish there were 50 books like this. I want my own copy.