Asperger's Syndrome and Adults... Is Anyone Listening? Essays and Poems by Partners, Parents and Family Members... PDF
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Asperger’s Syndrome and Adults… Is Anyone Listening? of relatedinterest Asperger’s Syndrome AGuideforParentsandProfessionals TonyAttwood ISBN1853025771 Aspergers in Love CoupleRelationshipsandFamilyAffairs MaxineAston ISBN1843101157 An Asperger Marriage GiselaandChristopherSlater-Walker ISBN1843100177 Living and Loving with Asperger Syndrome FamilyViewpoints Patrick,EstelleandJaredMcCabe ISBN1843107449 Pretending to be Normal LivingwithAsperger’sSyndrome LianeHollidayWilley ISBN1853027499 Asperger’s Syndrome and Adults… Is Anyone Listening? Essays and Poems by Partners, Parents and Family Members of Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome Collected by Karen E. Rodman FamiliesofAdultsAfflictedwithAsperger’sSyndrome FAAASInc. ForewordbyDrTonyAttwood Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and New York Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinany materialform(includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumby electronicmeansandwhetherornottransientlyorincidentallytosome otheruseofthispublication)withoutthewrittenpermissionofthe copyrightownerexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbythe CopyrightLicensingAgencyLtd,90TottenhamCourtRoad,London, EnglandW1P9HE.Applicationsforthecopyrightowner’swritten permissiontoreproduceanypartofthispublicationshouldbeaddressedto thepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightwork mayresultinbothacivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. Therightofthecontributorstobeidentifiedasauthorsofthisworkhas beenassertedbytheminaccordancewiththeCopyright,Designsand PatentsAct1988. FirstpublishedintheUnitedKingdomin2003 byJessicaKingsleyPublishersLtd 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,England and 29West35thStreet,10thfl. NewYork,NY10001-2299,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©JessicaKingsleyPublishers2003 LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData ACIPcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN1843107511 PrintedandBoundinGreatBritainby AthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear Contents Acknowledgements 10 Terminology 11 Foreword by Dr Tony Attwood 13 Preface 17 1 Asperger’s Syndrome and its Effect Upon the Families 19 FAAAS Inc., USA, 2002 2 Cassandra Phenomenon 22 FAAAS Inc., USA, 2000 3 The Family Aspect of Asperger’s Syndrome 24 Linda Demer, UCLA, 2002 4 Things I Have Learnt About Asperger’s Syndrome… 27 Brenda Wall, UK, 2002 5 Behind a Glass Wall 38 Marguerite Long, Australia, 1997 6 Is Anyone Listening? 42 Karen E. Rodman, USA, 1997 7 Be Careful What You Wish For 44 Anonymous, New Jersey, 2002 8 Asperger’s Dungeon 47 Dawn O’Neil, USA, 2002 9 Living With an AS Son 49 E.G., USA, 2002 10 A Commentary 56 Anonymous, USA, 2000 11 A Failed Marriage 60 Anonymous 12 Asperger’s Syndrome, Obsessions, etc. 64 Anonymous, USA, 2000 13 Naked Hands 74 Kathy Read, USA, 2002 14 Personal Reflections on a Relationship with an Adult who has the Symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome 75 Anonymous, USA, 2000 15 When We Married 81 Anonymous, 2001 16 When Cassandra was Very, Very Young 84 Judy Singer, Australia, 2002 17 Roses and Cacti 91 Marguerite Long, Australia, 2000 18 Loneliness Is… 99 Karen E. Rodman, USA, 1995 19 Bobby… 100 Bobby’s mom, Vicki, USA, 2000 20 Life With My AS Mother 104 Paula, Canada, 2002 21 Disconnecting from the Treadmill 108 Regina, New York, 2001 22 When Love is Not Enough 113 Brenda Wall, UK, 1997 23 My Corner 123 Yvette Gerhardt, USA, 2003 24 My Older AS Son… 126 Anonymous, New Zealand, 2002 25 Tempest and Sunshine 130 Cynthia Marchant, USA, 1990 26 AS Awareness: A Path Out of the Darkness 131 Debbie, USA, 2000 27 Passive Aggression 144 Marguerite Long, Australia, 2002 28 Six Generations of AS 146 A seventy-plus-year-young anonymous male, USA 29 Trying to Describe Our Situation 149 “Sharon”, USA, 2000 30 O Negative 153 Anonymous, USA, 2002 31 Knowing is Understanding, Understanding is Accepting: A Note of Encouragement 156 Annemarieke, USA, 2002 32 The End into a Beginning 160 Anonymous, USA, 2002 33 Untitled 168 Maxine Aston, UK, 2002 34 Come With Me 170 Dawn O’Neil, USA, 2002 Afterword by Dr Tony Attwood 173
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