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Siblings and autism : stories spanning generations and cultures / edited by Debra Cumberland and Bruce Mills.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autistic children--Family relationships.
- Autistic children.
- Autistic people--Family relationships.
- Autistic people.
- Siblings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this collection of personal accounts, siblings from a variety of backgrounds share their experiences of growing up with a brother or sister with autism. They show that certain things are common to the ""sibling experience: being overlooked; accommodating resentment, and helplessness; and the yearning to connect across neurological difference.
- Contents:
- Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. House on the Meadow; 2. Family Resemblance; 3. Visiting Becky; 4. On the Way to the Sky; 5. Victim of Silence; 6. Life with Runi; 7. Autism Connects Us; 8. My Brother's Speaker; 9. We Were Beautiful, Once: My Autistic-American Family; 10. Holding On; 11. Our Family Has Two Hearts: My Older Sister Ge and I; 12. Robie; 13. His Little Sister; 14. Sisters Aren't Doing It for Themselves: Negotiating Special Identities in a Disabled Family; 15. This Night Will Pass; 16. Sirens; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781283905466
- 1283905469
- 9780857002952
- 0857002953
- OCLC:
- 711747246
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