Autism All-Stars: How We Use Our Autism and Asperger Traits to Shine in Life PDF
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Trim: 152 x 229mm Spine = 11.81mm “Autism All-Starsis a wonderful book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the essays of A EDITED BY JOSIE SANTOMAURO friends who explain how they use their strengths and perspectives to make their U FOREWORD BY TONY ATTWOOD way in the world. These individuals are a constant inspiration to us all! Anyone wishing to understand the spectrum and the potential in ASD should read this T book.” I –Brenda Smith Myles, PhD, Consultant, The Ziggurat Group, Autism Research S Institute, Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence M AUTISM “Roger Meyer, a contributor to this likeable book of life stories by adults with autism and Asperger’s, says it with perfection: ‘I am a curious and interested A person.’ If you are curious and interested in what autism and Asperger’s look like and feel like from the inside, you will surely enjoy this compilation.” L ALL-STARS –Veronica Zysk, co-author of1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children L with Autism or Asperger’s - S Looking at the positive influences, great talents and unique thought processes of T individuals with autism spectrum disorders, this book is a celebration of those who A have used their autism to shine in life. HOW WE USE OUR AUTISM AND R Writers from all over the world, at different stages in their careers, and from very S ASPERGER TRAITS TO SHINE IN LIFE different backgrounds, share their experiences of creating a successful life on the autism spectrum. Temple Grandin, Stephen Shore, Donna Williams and many more explain how it is possible to draw on autistic strengths, not just to overcome E D challenges and obstacles, but also to make your life a real success. Education, the I T world of work and relationships are the focus of the first part of the book, which E D then goes on to look at exceptional creativity and the use of special interests. B Y Josie Santomaurois a full-time writer living in Brisbane, Australia. Her son, JO Damian, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at the age of five. Josie has written S I E many books on autism, as well as numerous fiction books for children and young S adults. She regularly gives seminars and talks on autism spectrum disorders, and in A N 2009 was awarded the Parent/Carer Award in recognition of outstanding T O achievement by Autism Queensland, Australia. M A U R O Jessica KingsleyPublishers 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, UK 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Cover design by Blue Box Design JKP Autism All-stArs by the same author Set for Success Activities for Teaching Emotional, Social and Organisational Skills Josie Santomauro and Margaret-Anne Carter Foreword by Damian Santomauro isBN 978 1 84905 058 6 of related interest The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome Tony Attwood isBN 978 1 84310 495 7 hardback isBN 978 1 84310 669 2 paperback Voices from the Spectrum Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, People with Autism, and Professionals Share Their Wisdom Edited by Cindy N. Ariel and Robert A. Naseef isBN 978 1 84310 786 6 The Passionate Mind How People with Autism Learn Wendy Lawson Foreword by Rita Jordan isBN 978 1 84905 121 7 Finding a Different Kind of Normal Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome Jeanette Purkis Foreword by Donna Williams isBN 978 1 84310 416 2 An Exact Mind An Artist With Asperger Syndrome Peter Myers, Simon Baron-Cohen and Sally Wheelwright isBN 978 1 84310 032 4 The Feeling’s Unmutual Growing Up With Asperger Syndrome (Undiagnosed) Will Hadcroft isBN 978 1 84310 264 9 Autism All-stArs How we use our Autism ANd Asperger trAits to sHiNe iN life edited By Josie sANtomAuro foreword By toNy Attwood Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia first published in 2012 by Jessica Kingsley publishers 116 pentonville road london N1 9JB, uK and 400 market street, suite 400 philadelphia, pA 19106, usA www.jkp.com Copyright © Jessica Kingsley publishers 2012 foreword copyright © tony Attwood 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, designs and patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright licensing Agency ltd, saffron House, 6–10 Kirby street, london eC1N 8ts. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. warning: the doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Autism all-stars : how we use our autism and Asperger traits to shine in life / edited by Josie santomauro ; foreword by tony Attwood. p. cm. isBN 978-1-84310-188-8 (alk. paper) 1. Asperger’s syndrome. i. santomauro, J. (Josie) rC553.A88A487 2012 616.85’8832--dc23 2011030596 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cip catalogue record for this book is available from the British library isBN 978 1 84310 188 8 eisBN 978 0 85700 600 4 this book is dedicated to its contributors: rob, donna, Jeanette, peter, wendy, stephen, deborah, will, leith, mark, Jessica, stan, iain, temple, damian, malcolm, Colin, sondra and roger. i thank them for their courage and honesty in sharing these stories, and in accentuating in particular the positives and successes that their particular diagnosis has brought into their lives. i sincerely thank my publisher, Jessica Kingsley, and her dedicated and very professional staff for believing in this project through its ups and downs over the ten years. we made it! CoNteNts foreword 9 Tony Attwood iNtroduCtioN 11 Josie Santomauro pArt 1 eduCAtioN 13 1. An education in doodling 15 Jessica Peers 2. the ugly duckling 22 Stan Hood 3. studying through diagnosis 29 Iain Payne pArt 2 CAreers 35 4. talented people getting employed: factors that Help individuals on the Autism/ Asperger spectrum get good employment and Careers 37 Temple Grandin, PhD 5. Counseling that works 49 Roger N. Meyer 6. to Be or Not to Be 58 Damian Santomauro 7. successful management – savant style 64 Malcolm Johnson 8. super strengths 71 Sondra Williams pArt 3 relAtioNsHips 77 9. friendships – Aspie style 79 Dr Wendy Lawson 10. A different order of Being 86 Stephen Shore 11. talking to the Animals 96 Deborah Lipsky pArt 4 CreAtivity 109 12. life on stage 111 Robert McLachlan 13. donna williams and the Aspinauts 119 Donna Williams 14. portraits: learning Honesty in Art 127 Jeanette Purkis 15. Asperger syndrome: How it and Art influence me 134 Peter Myers 16. Aural sculpting – Before and After 146 Colin Webber pArt 5 speCiAl iNterests 155 17. musicality 157 Leith McMurray 18. the recordings of a rock wiz 166 Mark Boerebach 19. sci-fi reality 182 Will Hadcroft
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