Appreciating Asperger syndrome : looking at the upside, with 300 positive points / Brenda Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Brenda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asperger's syndrome--Popular works.

Asperger's syndrome.

Autism spectrum disorders--Popular works.

Autism spectrum disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brenda Boyd shows that for every characteristic of AS that can be looked at negatively, there are several positive aspects that can be drawn on and developed. Discussing AS in general terms, she talks through the reasons why people with AS approach life in the way they do, and what an enormous contribution they make to the world.

Contents:

front cover; APPRECIATING ASPERGER SYNDROME:Looking at the Upside - with 300 Positive Points; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; Introduction; ASPERGER SYNDROME - UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY; 1. Bumping into Lamp Posts and Stepping on Toes; 2. Seeing St; 3. The Big Umbrella; 4. Wrong Planet Syndrome; 5. The Decoding Approach; 6. Labels and Boxes; 7. Getting it Right; 8. The Wilderness Years; 9. Aspergers and Autism?; 10. Aspergers and Giftedness?; 11. Identifying Hidden Aspies; 12. Happy Ending, Happy Beginning; 13. Thinking Positive!; 14. Positive Philosophies; ASPERGER SYNDROME -300 POSITIVES (AN A-Z)

About the 300 PositivesAbility; Authority; Balance; Brain differences; Concentration; Conformity; Creativity; Depression; Determination/Stubbornness; Diagnosis; Disability; Employment; Feeling different; Friendship; Getting it wrong; Gifts; Guilt and shame; Help for parents and carers; Help for people with AS; Heroism and AS; Honesty; Inadequacy; Individuality; Learning styles; Loneliness; Marriage/Primary relationships; Mental health; Motivation; Obsessions; Organisation/Executive function; Original thinking; Painful feelings; Perfectionism; Rejection; Rigidity; School; Sensory issues

Social skillsSpace and solitude; Special interests; Stupidity (feelings of); Tact; Visual thinking; ASPIE QUOTATIONS; USEFUL WEBSITES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-29721-X

9786612297212

1-84642-913-7

OCLC:

458603183