Sincerely, your autistic child : what people on the autism spectrum wish their parents knew about growing up, acceptance, and identity / edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morenike Giwa Onaiwu.

By: Ballou, Emily Paige [editor].

Contributor(s): daVanport, Sharon 1964- [editor] | Onaiwu, Morenike Giwa [editor].

Publisher: Boston, MA : Beacon Press, 2021Description: xvi, 208 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780807025680.Subject(s): AUTISM

| CHILDREN

| PARENTS

| CHILD PARENT RELATIONSHIPS

Genre/Form: Instructional and educational works.

Contents:

EARLY MEMORIES, CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION -- 1. Acknowledge vulnerability; presume competence / B. Martin Allen -- 2. It's us against the world, kid / Brigid Rankowski -- 3. What autistic girls wish their parents knew about friendship / Jane Strauss -- 4. What your daughter deserves: love safety and truth / Kassiane Asasumasu -- 5. What I wish you knew / Katie Levin -- 6. Change the world, not your child / Lei Wiley-Mydske -- 7. Empathy and non-verbal cues / Dusya Lyubonskaya -- 8. The first time I heard of autism / Anonymous -- 9. What I wish my parents knew about being their autistic daughter / Heidi Wangelin -- 10. A particular way of being / Karen Lean -- ACCEPTANCE AND ADAPTATION -- 11. A daughter's journey : lessons, honesty and love / Jennifer St Jude -- 12. Still your child / Ondrea Marisa Robinson -- 13. Perfect in an imperfect world / Haley Moss -- 14. Who gets to be diagnosed? And who does it serve? / Victoria M Rodriguez-Roldan -- 15. Unconventional / Amythest Schaber -- 16. I wish I wasn't so hard on myself back then / Kayla Smith -- 17. Ten things I wish my parents had known when I was growing up / Amelia 'Mel" Evelyn Voicy Baggs -- 18. I am an autistic woman / Amy Sequenzia -- 19. The view from outside the window / HM -- 20. Finding me: the journey to acceptance / Morenike Giwa Onaiwu -- 21. Autism, self-acceptance and hope / Lynne Soraya -- INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITY AND FINDING COMMUNITY -- 22. Keep her safe; let her fly free / Maxfield Sparrow -- 23. Tell me I'm autistic / Anonymous -- 24. Autism, sensory experiences and family culture / Mallory Cruz -- 25. Safe harbors in a difficult world / Kayla Rodriguez -- 26. Give your daughters autistic community / Jean Winegardner -- 27. A parent's guide to being transgender and autistic / Alexandra Forshaw -- 28 On surviving loneliness and isolation and learning to live with loss / Lydia X Z Brown -- 29. There's a place / Emily Paige Ballou -- Conclusion / Beth Ryan

Summary: "In this book, autistic people of diverse racial, ethnic, educational, socioeconomic, and gender backgrounds talk about not just what we wish our own parents had known when we were growing up, but what we most want all parents to know about raising autistic kids today"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	IHC Library	Main Collection	720 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		W0011998

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"Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208).

"In this book, autistic people of diverse racial, ethnic, educational, socioeconomic, and gender backgrounds talk about not just what we wish our own parents had known when we were growing up, but what we most want all parents to know about raising autistic kids today"-- Provided by publisher.

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