Autism and Asperger syndrome in adults / Dr Luke Beardon.
By: Beardon, Luke.
Series: Overcoming common problems.Publisher: London : Sheldon Press, 2017Copyright date: 2017Description: viii, 120 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847094452.Subject(s): ASPERGER SYNDROME | AUTISM | ADULTS | SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS | ANXIETY | SENSORY ISSUES | PARENTHOOD | ECHOPRAXIC BEHAVIOURItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | IHC Library | Main Collection | 720 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W008783 |
"An up-to-date overview" -- Cover.
1. Introduction. - 2. What autism isn't (and a bit of what it is). - 3. Social relationships. - 4. Echopraxic behaviour : 'masking' and being a good actor. - 5. Anxiety. - 6. Sensory profile. - 7. Diagnosis, identification and understanding of self. - 8. Academic study. - 9. Employment. - 10. Close relationships and parenthood. - 11. Contact with the criminal justice system. - 12. Celebrating autism.
An up to date overview of autism and Asperger syndrome in adults. There are many hugely intelligent, insightful, kind, caring, loyal, skilled autistic individuals. So why is it that autism continues to be seen as a disorder or problem? This book presents an up-to-date overview of autism and Asperger syndrome in adults, for individuals with autism and Asperger syndrome and their families and friends.
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