Autism adulthood : strategies and insights for a fulfilling life / Susan Senator.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xxix, 280 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781510704237
- 151070423X
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 616.8588 S474 | Available | 33111008410934 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is looming adulthood and all that it entails. In her new book Susan Senator takes the mystery out of adult life on the autism spectrum and conveys the positive message that even though autism adulthood is complicated and challenging, there are many ways to make it manageable and enjoyable. From her own son with autism, now twenty-five, she has learned "never say never."
Autism Adulthood features thirty interviews with autistic adults, their parents, caregivers, researchers, and professionals. Each vignette reveals firsthand a family's challenge, their circumstances, their thought processes, and their unique solutions, and plans of action. Sharing the wisdom that emerges from parents' and self-advocates' experiences, Senator adds her own observations and conclusions based on her long-term experience with autism. Told in Senator's trademark warm, honest, and approachable style, Autism Adulthood paints a vivid and thought-provoking picture of many people grappling with grown-up, real-life autism. Senator's is the only book of its kind, as real families share their stories and their creative solutions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274).
Introduction: Beginning at the end -- Post twenty-two planning: Facing transition -- If you want something better, create it!: Employment and job training -- Home isn't built in a day -- Staffing and turning to others -- Helping your guy find his way: Acquiring life skills -- The struggles of apparently high-functioning autistic adults -- Autistic adults with communication or apparent cognitive challenges -- Am I my brother's keeper? -- Autism adulthood health and safety issues -- I can never die, and other myths.
Autism Adulthood features thirty interviews with autistic adults, their parents, caregivers, researchers, and professionals. Each vignette reveals firsthand a family's challenge, their circumstances, their thought processes, and their unique solutions, and plans of action. Sharing the wisdom that emerges from parents' and self-advocates' experiences, Senator adds her own observations and conclusions based on her long-term experience with autism. Autism Adulthood paints a picture of many people grappling with grown-up, real-life autism.