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Getting to grips with Asperger syndrome : understanding adults on the autism spectrum / Carol Hagland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hagland, Carol.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asperger's syndrome.
- Autism spectrum disorders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a guide for those caring for or supporting an adult with AS. It will help them understand the condition and the difficulties it may cause so that they can offer support. Practical strategies are offered to combat problems that may arise, and common issues that specifically occur with individuals diagnosed later in life are addressed.
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Getting to Grips with Asperger Syndrome: Understanding Adultson the Autism Spectrum; Contents; Introduction; 1 What is Asperger Syndrome?; 2 DifferentialDiagnosis; 3 Memory, Attentionand Understanding; 4 Practical Difficultiesand Everyday Tasks; 5 Language andConversation; 6 Social Rules andRelationships; 7 Problem-solving andCoping with Change; 8 Coping with Anxietyand Other Emotions; 9 Obsessional Interests and Other CommonCharacteristics; 10 Needs and ServiceDevelopment; Further Reading; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612393006
- 9781282393004
- 1282393006
- 9780857001979
- 0857001973
- OCLC:
- 549028401
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