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Freaks, geeks and asperger syndrome : a user guide to adolescence / Luke Jackson ; foreword by Tony Attwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Luke, 1988-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Biography.
- Asperger's syndrome.
- Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Family relationships.
- Autistic children.
- Jackson, Luke, 1988---Mental health.
- Jackson, Luke.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, Luke Jackson wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell others about AS, school problems, dating and relationships, and morality.
- Contents:
- Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; An Introduction - Me and My Family; Asperger Syndrome and the Autistic Spectrum; To Tell or Not to Tell?; Fascinations and Fixations; Sense and Sense Abilities; A Different Physiology; A Word About Sleep; Language and Learning; The Problem with School ...; Bullying; Taekwondo; Friendships and Socializing; The Dating Game; Morals and Principles - Representation and Reality; One Final and Positive Note; Idioms -an Explanation; Further Reading; Useful Addresses and Websites; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283904018
- 1283904012
- 9781417500154
- 1417500158
- 9781846423567
- 1846423562
- OCLC:
- 54682456
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