Eating an artichoke : a mother's perspective on Asperger syndrome / Echo R. Fling ; foreword by Tony Atwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fling, Echo R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asperger's syndrome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For five years, Echo Fling accompanied her son Jimmy to doctors, medical specialists, learning consultants and psychologists. Aged ten, Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. This is the book that Echo needed when she first set out to have Jimmy diagnosed, and it will enable parents and teachers to understand and help other children with AS.

Contents:

Cover Page; Of related interest; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. There's something wrong with your son; 2. Looking back; 3. Now what do we do?; 4. Back to basics; 5. Kitchen classroom; 6. Reality check; 7. Away at school; 8. Just a lonely boy; 9. Drugs?; 10. Out to lunch; 11. Light at the end of the tunnel; 12. The heart of my artichoke; 13. Ch... ch... cha... changes; 14. Making sense of the sensory; 15. Holla-daze; 16. Of things motoric; 17. My Girly; 18. Finding his passion - and beyond; Afterword: The politics of it all; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610447039

9781280447037

1280447036

9781846421815

1846421810

9781417549801

1417549807

OCLC:

899157701