Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders

This book captures the love of a mother to know and relate to her child, who is diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. The author's efforts to learn about Aspergers, as yet not a fully understood condition, takes her on a journey of self discovery, one fraught with challenges, intolerance and tears. In accepting (or embracing) her child as a unique person in her own right, no longer attempting to fit her into society's idea of what is normal, the author also finds
herself. This deeply poignant story will inspire while also providing helpful information and hope for any family learning to...

This true story chronicles a mother's journey of trials and doubts, faith and triumph, through the rocky terrain of her son's life with Asperger syndrome, bipolar disorder, depression, and addiction. The reader has a mom's-eye view of the challenges she and her family face as they navigate through the public school system, private rehab programs, the Texas justice system, and normal life as evangelical Christians with a child who doesn't seem to "fit the mold" of expectation in any given system, let alone in his own mother's idea of what her first son would be like. While frightening and...

Ping Lian Yeak was born in Malaysia in 1993 and is now living in Australia. At the age of three, came the seemingly defeating diagnosis of autism. As a toddler Ping Lian was nonverbal, hyperactive with attention deficit disorder, living in "his own world," not showing any affection or awareness of danger and unable to hold a pencil to write or use a scissor to cut.

I Want To Be Artist: An Autistic Savant's Voice and A Mother's Dream Transformed onto Canvas is a non-fictional account of the inspirational journey of a young boy in special education...

Thinking about moving out on your own? Ready to land your first job? Unsure how to navigate social scenes when you have Asperger's? Designed for the newly launched Aspie adult, Asperger's and Adulthood provides supportive solutions-based strategies for navigating the ins and outs of balancing...

From childhood, Laura James knew she was different. She struggled to cope in a world that often made no sense to her, as though her brain had its own operating system. It wasn't until she reached her forties that she found out why: Suddenly and surprisingly, she was diagnosed with autism.

With a touching and searing honesty, Laura challenges everything we think we know about what it means to be autistic. Married with four children and a successful journalist, Laura examines the ways in which autism has shaped her career, her approach to...