Donna Williams

Autism

An Inside-Out Approach: An Innovative Look at the Mechanics ' of Autism ' and Its Developmental Cousins '

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, written by an autistic person for people with autism and related disorders, carers, and the professionals who work with them, is a practical handbook to understanding, living with and working with autism. It shows clearly how the behaviours associated with autism can have a range of different causes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781853023873
• ISBN-10: 1853023876
• Artikelnr.: 22244988

Autorenporträt

Donna Williams was born in Australia in 1963. She was assessed at age two as psychotic, labelled disturbed and tested for deafness throughout childhood before being diagnosed as autistic in 1990. She was an international best-selling author with nine published books, an artist, singer-songwriter and screenwriter. One of the most well known people with autism in the world, Donna was a renowned international public speaker, a qualified teacher and worked as an autism consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. 1. A Bucket Full of Jigsaws. 2.
What is This Thing Called `Autism'? 3. Tackling the Bogie-Man of `Autism'.
4. The Mixed Bag Found in One Classroom. 5. Approaches to `Autism'. 6. The
Straws on the Camel's Back. 7. Problems of Connection. 8. Revisiting
Adaptations and Compensations. 9. Artificial Limbs. 10. `Hyper-Connection'.
11. Problems of Tolerance. 12. Problems of Control. 13. Communication. 14.
Sleepwalker-Sleeptalkers. 15. `Savant Skills'. 16. Personality. 17.
Asperger Syndrome? 18. Seeing `Systems'. 19. Education. Appendix: Hints.
Contacts Pages.