ASPoetry : illustrated poems from an aspie life / Wendy Lawson ; illustrated by Alice Blaes Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Wenn, 1952-

Contributor:

Calder, Alice Blaes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Poetry.

Asperger's syndrome.

Autistic people--Poetry.

Autistic people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

AS poetry

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this illustrated collection of poems and short prose pieces, including some from her teenage years, Wendy engages with her past and present, writing about childhood, self-discovery, adulthood and friendship. Her poetry also conveys the challenges presented by divorce, bereavement, emigration, disclosing homosexuality and Asperger's Syndrome.

Contents:

COVER; ASPoetry: Illustrated Poems from an Aspie Life; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Childhood; The Journey of Life; Transition; What is Play?; Please Accept Me; What is Time?; Lost; Words; What do we Mean?; Space and Time; Travelers; Change; Moving Away; Routine; Discovering Self; So This is Me!; Questions; Wendy; I am a Sexual Being Too; I Used To...But Now I...; My Body; Care; Indecision 2; Autism Is; So This is Life; Walking; Relationships; We are Walking Through the Valley; Adulthood; ASD: My Gender; Miracle; The Group; What is Love?; Commitment; Katy's Getting Married; Words 2

Seasons My Love; Time For; I Know; Easter 1992; Mr Breeze; The Quiet; Sometimes; Doubt; Love; Seasons 2; The Season of Advent in a Small Swiss Village; Indecision; Where is Wendy?; Today; Empty Thoughts; Ode to a Supervisor; Torment; What is My Name?; Autism Is (Also); Joan and Bob; Friendship; For Emma; Ayumi's Parting Song; Feeling Safe; Happy Birthday; Attention Poem; Doubly Drawn; Wendy (Take 2); The Tree of Life; Rain; My Princess of the Deep; Time; Knowing You, Knowing Me; The Last Supper; The Future; Interests; Of Interest; Ode to the Blackbird; Blue Tits; The Pelican; The Swan

Flying High Bold, Balky and Beautiful; Song of Songs; Pitter, Patter, Play School; The Music Lives On; Clothing the Shadows

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786610566556

9781280566455

1280566450

9781846424700

1846424704

OCLC:

133162962