Succeeding with autism [electronic resource] : hear my voice / Judith H. Cohen ; foreword by Temple Grandin.
By: Cohen, Judith H.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005General Notes: Includes index.Description: 1 online resource (240 p.).ISBN: 1846420881 (electronic bk.); 9781846420887 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Autism | Autistic people -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 616.85/882/0092 | B Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: Summary: 'One day I naively asked Michael what's it like to be autistic. He replied, ''I don't know. I've always been autistic.'''.-from Succeeding with Autism. Michael is a young man who has succeeded in managing his autism and is experiencing success in life despite a diagnosis that might have predicted only disability and despair. He did not talk in early childhood and displayed the classic traits of a severely autistic child, but he has broken out of his silence to help others to learn from his insights and experiences. An explosion of newly diagnosed cases of autism has resulted in a keen interes.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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E-book | Davenport Library e-book | E-book | 616.85/882/0092 B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | mq545337 |
Includes index.
'One day I naively asked Michael what's it like to be autistic. He replied, ''I don't know. I've always been autistic.'''.-from Succeeding with Autism. Michael is a young man who has succeeded in managing his autism and is experiencing success in life despite a diagnosis that might have predicted only disability and despair. He did not talk in early childhood and displayed the classic traits of a severely autistic child, but he has broken out of his silence to help others to learn from his insights and experiences. An explosion of newly diagnosed cases of autism has resulted in a keen interes.
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