Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome - A User Guide to Adolescence PDF
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Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome A User Guide to Adolescence Luke Jackson Foreword by Tony Attwood Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome also by Luke Jackson A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet for Autism, Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD Luke Jackson Foreword by Marilyn Le Breton ISBN 1 84310 055 X of related interest Asperger's Syndrome A Guide for Parents and Professionals Tony Attwood Foreword by Lorna Wing ISBN 1 85302 577 1 Pretending to be Normal Living with Asperger's Syndrome Liane Holliday Willey Foreword by Tony Attwood ISBN 1 85302 749 9 Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome A User Guide to Adolescence Luke Jackson Foreword by Tony Attwood Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia 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, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1P 9HE. 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. The right of Luke Jackson to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 First published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, England and 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Luke Jackson 2002 Second impression 2002 Third impression 2002 Forth impression 2002 Fifth impression 2002 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jackson, Luke, 1988- Freaks, geeks and asperger syndrome : a user guide to adolescence / Luke Jackson ; forword by Tony Attwood. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 1-84310-098-3 (pbk. ; alk. paper) I. Jackson, Luke, 1988--Mental health. 2. Asperger's syndrome--Patients—Biography. 3. Asperger's syndrome-Patients--Family relationships. 4. Asperger's syndrome. 5. Autistic children. I. Title. RJ506.A9 J326 2002 618.92'8982'0092-dc21 [B] 2002070930 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 84310 098 3 Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Contents Foreword by Tony Attwood 9 Acknowledgements 11 1. An Introduction - Me and My Family 13 2. Asperger Syndrome and the Autistic Spectrum 19 A label or a signpost? 3. To Tell or Not to Tell? 30 Giving the news How and when to tell other people 4. Fascinations and Fixations 43 Specialist subjects Collections Compulsions Controlling a compulsion 5. Sense and Sense Abilities 60 All of the senses - our different sensory perceptions All in a muddle 6. A Different Physiology 77 Dietary differences 7. A Word about Sleep 86 Medication Sleeping solutions for people with AS Sleeping solutions - tips for parents 8. Language and Learning 99 Teenage talk Literalism and logic Precise parents make cheerful children 9. The Problem with School... 113 Reading, writing and 'rithmetic Not to mention homework! Not much fun and games School or otherwise - if it still goes wrong 10. Bullying 135 My experiences What is bullying? Why me? When is a bully not a bully? Dealing with bullies 11. Taekwondo 154 My Taekwondo class The history of Taekwondo The benefits of Taekwondo 12. Friendships and Socializing 163 How to win friends and influence people A word of warning for pushy parents 13. The Dating Game 170 Fathom those feelings Top tips to enhance your chance The rules of the game - do's and don'ts of dating 14. Morals and Principles - Representation and Reality 179 Negative publicity Rules are not made to be broken Moral musings for adolescent Aspergers 15. One Final and Positive Note 188 Idioms - an Explanation 192 Further Reading 196 Useful Addresses and Websites 198 Index 204 In memory of Emma-Jane. So little, so beautiful, so loved and so missed. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. (Henry David Thoreau, 1854) To those of you who feel that you don't belong. Always remember that different is cool!
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