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Asperger syndrome and adults - is anyone listening? : essays and poems by spouses, partners and parents of adults with Asperger syndrome / edited by Karen E. Rodman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asperger's syndrome.
- Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Family relationships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on what is referred to as the Cassandra phenomenon, where the neurotypical partner often needs more emotional guidance than the AS partner, this volume gathers together letters, thoughts and poems to give voice to the loneliness, frustration and love felt by many individuals who are close to one or more people with AS.
- Contents:
- Asperger's Syndrome and Adults; Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; Foreword; Preface; 1 Asperger's Syndrome and its Effect Upon the Families; 2 Cassandra Phenomenon; 3 The Family Aspect of Asperger's Syndrome; 4 Things I Have Learnt About Asperger's Syndrome...; 5 Behind a Glass Wall; 6 Is Anyone Listening?; 7 Be Careful What You Wish For; 8 Asperger's Dungeon; 9 Living With an AS Son; 10 A Commentary; 11 A Failed Marriage; 12 Asperger's Syndrome, Obsessions, etc.; 13 Naked Hands; 14 Personal Reflections on a Relationship with an Adult who has the Symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome
- 15 When We Married16 When Cassandra was Very, Very Young; 17 Roses and Cacti; 18 Loneliness Is...; 19 Bobby...; 20 Life With My AS Mother; 21 Disconnecting from the Treadmill; 22 When Love is Not Enough; 23 My Corner; 24 My Older AS Son...; 25 Tempest and Sunshine; 26 AS Awareness: A Path Out of the Darkness; 27 Passive Aggression; 28 Six Generations of AS; 29 Trying to Describe Our Situation; 30 O Negative; 31 Knowing is Understanding, Understanding is Accepting: A Note of Encouragement; 32 The End into a Beginning; 33 Untitled; 34 Come With Me; Afterword
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781283904728
- 1283904721
- 9781417501243
- 1417501243
- 9781846424236
- 1846424232
- OCLC:
- 171580102
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