Wendela Whitcomb Marsh

Independent Living while Autistic (eBook, ePUB)

Your Roadmap to Success

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Whether you're a young autistic adult leaving the shelter of school, or you're late-diagnosed, finally realizing that you're not broken, you're just autistic, this book is for you.

This neurodiversity-affirmative book holds the key to navigating the road trip of your life. Learn practical strategies that have helped others. Follow five fictional characters as they meet and overcome roadblocks on their path to independence. Read success stories shared by actually autistic people in their own words. If you've ever wished that adult life came with an

instruction manual, this is it.

The first edition won the Chanticleer International Book Award Grand Prize for Instruction & Insight; this new edition features updated information and interesting new characters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Future Horizons
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781963367041
• Artikelnr.: 70219906

Autorenporträt

Wendela Whitcomb Marsh, MA, RSD, is an award-winning author and CEO of Adult Autism Assessment & Services. Having been wife, mother, and employer of autistic adults, Dr. Wendy is uniquely qualified to offer encouragement and optimism to autistic adults on their road to adulting while autistic. She loves her quiet life in Salem, Oregon, near family.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE: Begin with the End in Mind
PART I FIRST STEPS: They Say it's Autism...What Does That Mean?
Chapter 1 Hearing the News
Chapter 2 Responding to the News
Chapter 3 Looking Forward
PART II HOME BASE: Create an Environment that Works for Everyone
Chapter 4 Home Safe Home
Chapter 5 Home Sweet Classroom
Chapter 6 Home Sweet Home
PART III HEALTHY HABITS START AT HOME: Start on the Right Path from Day One
Chapter 7 Nutrition Needs
Chapter 8 Exercise Needs
Chapter 9 Sleep Needs
Chapter 10 Stimulation Needs
Chapter 11 Well-Child Check-Up
PART IV LEARN TO LOVE THE PARADE: Get the Most out of Your Professionals
Chapter 12 Who Are All These People?
Chapter 13 What Should My Child be Learning?
Chapter 14 What Shouldn't My Child be Learning?
PART V OUT AND ABOUT: Venturing Forth into the Community
Chapter 15 The Unwritten Rules of the Park and Playground
Chapter 16 How to Go to the Grocery Store Without Going Crazy
Chapter 17 Navigating Barber Shops, Dentists' Offices, and the Rest of the
World
Chapter 18 Safety First...But What if They Get Lost Anyway?
PART VI EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER: When There is No Emoji to Express What
They Feel
Chapter 19 Negative Feelings: Anxiety, Anger, Sadness
Chapter 20 Positive Feelings: Joy, Delight, Ecstasy
Chapter 21 Strategies for Dealing with Over-stimulation
PART VII SCHOOL DAYS: Navigating the IEP Process
Chapter 22 What is an IEP, Anyway? (And What's My Role as Parent?)
Chapter 23 How to Assert Your Child's Rights (Without Being a Jerk)
PART VIII TRANSITIONS: Look the Future in the Eye Without Blinking
Chapter 24 Pre-Adolescence and the Dreaded Teen Years
Chapter 25 Transition Planning: Educational
Chapter 26 Transition Planning: Financial
Chapter 27 Transition Planning: Recreational
Chapter 28 Transition Planning: Vocational
PART IX PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE TIME OF COVID
POSTSCRIPT: CONGRATULATIONS! You Are on the Right Track and Moving
Foreward
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