Coming out Asperger : diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence / edited by Dinah Murray.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Murray, Dinah, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Asperger's syndrome--Diagnosis.
• Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Life skills guides.
• Asperger's syndrome.
• Self-disclosure.

Physical Description:

280 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

Summary:

This book explores the complexity of diagnosis for Asperger Syndrome, the drawbacks and benefits of disclosing a "hidden disability," and how this impinges on self-esteem. The contributors include some of the best-known and most exciting writers in the field of AS today, and include individuals on the autism spectrum, parents and professionals.

Contents:

• COVER
• Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Introduction Dinah Murray
• 1. To tell or not to tell: that is the Aspie1 question Liane Holliday Willey
• 2. Diagnosis in adults Tony Attwood
• 3. Confidence, self-confidence and social confidence Dinah Murray and Mike Lesser
• 4. Psychiatry and Asperger syndrome Tom Berney
• 5. Being told or being told off ? Reciprocity at the Diagnostic Interview Michelle Dawson
• 6. Mental health issues surrounding diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence in the context of Asperger syndrome David N. Andrews
• 7. One that got away Dinah Murray
• 8. 'Why's it all so difficult?' Sharing the diagnosis with the young person Philip Whitaker
• 9. Telling peers at school about Asperger syndrome: thoughts on how and why Heta Pukki
• 10. Disclosure at secondary school: sharing the news of Asperger syndrome with a young person's peer group Penny Barratt
• 11. The Conversation Jennifer Overton
• 12. Disclosure: talking about what makes us human Stephen Shore
• 13. Disclosure: a parent's perspective Jacqui Jackson
• 14. Coming out, various Wendy Lawson
• 15. Diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence in sexuality and relationships Lynne Moxon
• 16. Diagnosis in adulthood and community disclosure Dora Georgiou
• 17. Coming out autistic at work Jane Meyerding
• 18. Disclosing to the authorities Dennis Debbaudt
• Contributor biographies
• Subject index
• Author Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9781846424502
• 184642450X

OCLC:

935263322

Publisher Number:

9781843102403