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092 _a616.8588
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100 1 _aSenator, Susan,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aAutism adulthood :
_bstrategies and insights for a fulfilling life /
_cSusan Senator.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSkyhorse Publishing,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _axxix, 280 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-274).
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _aAutism 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.
600 1 0 _aSenator, Susan.
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650 0 _aAutism spectrum disorders
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_vBiography.
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650 0 _aAutistic people
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650 0 _aAutistic people
_vInterviews.
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655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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