Jennifer Overton

Snapshots of Autism

A Family Album

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jennifer Overton uses the key calendar events in the year to discuss the roller coaster of emotions that accompany life with her autistic son Nicholas. This book is a powerful account of what it is like to mother an autistic child, which puts a human face to autism amid all the overwhelming myths and facts that surround it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781843107231
• ISBN-10: 1843107236
• Artikelnr.: 21032148

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Overton graduated from York University, Toronto with a Master's Degree in Theatre Performance and has been a professional actor, director and educator for over twenty years. She lives with her family in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Nicholas' birthday: A letter to my son. 2. Hallowe'en: Trick or treat?
3. Remembrance Day: Trivia quiz. 4. Christmas: A visit to Oma's. 5. New
Year's Day: Please stand by. 6. Valentine's Day: Roses are red. 7.
Grandpa's birthday: Grandpa's story. 8. My birthday: The gift. 9. Good
Friday: Battle fatigue. 10. Easter: Acceptance. 11. Our wedding
anniversary: Pick your parents. 12. Mother's Day: Our age of innocence. 13.
Moving day: Great expectations. 14. Father's Day: Heirloom. 15. Canada Day:
O Canada we stand on guard for thee. 16.Summer Vacation: The agenda. 17.
David's birthday: Case of the missing parents. 18. Labour day: The five
stages. 19. Grandparent's day: Knitting. 20. Thanksgiving: Small miracles.
20. Nicholas' birthday: The conversation. Postscript.