Donna Williams

The Jumbled Jigsaw

An Insider's Approach to the Treatment of Autistic Spectrum 'Fruit Salads'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

- Written by a well-known author and leading thinker in the autism field - Suitable for use as a course text - Insists on the provision of appropriate strategies, approaches and treatments for ASDs - Challenges misconceptions about ASDs and invites an overhaul of the way professionals address these conditions

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781843102816
• ISBN-10: 1843102811
• Artikelnr.: 21621626

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. Today she is an internationally best-selling author with nine published books, an artist, singer-songwriter and emerging screenwriter. One of the most well-known people with autism in the world, Donna is a renowned international public speaker, a qualified teacher and has worked as an autism consultant since 1995.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Getting Oriented. Introduction. Part 2: Into the Depths. 1. Fuel
System and Electrical Problems: Health and Autism. 2. Different Ways of
Navigating the World: The System of Sensing Versus Interpretations. 3.
Issues of Overload: Being Mono and Delayed. 4. Experiencing the World
Rather Differently: Sensory-Perceptual Issues. 5. Losing Control of One's
Body: Impulse-Control Problems. 6. Strange Emotional Spaces:
Mood-Regulation Problems. 7. Invisible Cages: Anxiety Issues. 8. Being
Joined at the Hip: Dependency Issues. 9. Bad Parenting or Bad Match?
Boundary Issues. 10. A Matter of Perspective: Trauma, Neglect, Abuse and
Grief. 11. Who Am I and Which Side Am I On?: Identity Issues. Part 3: The
Fallout. 12. The Fallout. Appendix 1: Current Professionals and Services.
Appendix 2: Autism Spectrum Cluster Checklist. Appendix 3: Referral List
Based on Checklist. References. Index