UID:
edocfu_9959232355302883
Format:
280 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-84642-450-X
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84310-240-4
Language:
English
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