Living and Loving With Asperger Syndrome: Family Viewpoints PDF
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Living and Loving with Asperger Syndrome of related interest An Asperger Marriage Gisela and Christopher Slater-Walker Foreword by Tony Attwood ISBN 1 84310 017 7 Asperger Syndrome and Long-Term Relationships Ashley Stanford Foreword by Liane Holliday Willey ISBN 1 84310 734 1 Aspergers in Love Maxine Aston ISBN 184310 1157 Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome A User Guide to Adolescence Luke Jackson Foreword by Tony Attwood ISBN 1 84310 098 3 Asperger’s Syndrome A Guide for Parents and Professionals Tony Attwood Foreword by Lorna Wing ISBN 1 85302 577 1 Living and Loving with Asperger Syndrome Family Viewpoints Patrick, Estelle and Jared McCabe 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 W1T 4LP. 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 the contributors to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in the United Kingdom in 2003 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 © Patrick, Estelle and Jared McCabe 2003 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978 1 84310 744 6 ISBN-10: 1 84310 744 9 ISBN pdf eBook: 1 84642 202 7 Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Contents Biographical Note 6 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1. A Bird’s Eye View 11 2. Living with an Asperger Husband 23 3. Staying Married and Enjoying it! 33 4. The Basics of Living with an Asperger Dad 47 5. The Three Stages of Growth with an Asperger Parent 61 6. An Even Closer Look at the Asperger Parent 69 7. Raising a Child While Enjoying Each Other 89 8. Professional and Personal Relationships as Seen by Friends and Co-workers 95 9. Some Differences between Asperger People and Others: How to Understand “Normal” People 127 10. A Look at Positive Aspects of Having Asperger Syndrome 137 Biographical Note Having Asperger Syndrome for forty-four years makes Patrick well qualified to write on this topic. He has a varied background in the field of writing. Patrick has created manuals for his work with the Denver Rescue Mission and currently writes articles for organizational newsletters. While in university, he wrote a seven-chapter thesis. Patrick has taken college level composition courses as well as attending a nationally recognized writer’s seminar. Estelle has taught writing and has edited for ten years while home schooling her son Jared. Presently, she uses her writing skills in her position as the PASS Coordinator at the local junior high school in her hometown of Wellington, CO. (PASS is an acronym for Parallel Advocate Support System, a program which has been set up to help “at risk” students who need extra help with their schoolwork, as well as emotional support.) Jared has developed his writing abilities during his school years. He has taken numerous writing courses through correspondence during this time period, graded by professional writers and editors. Now in college, he continues to hone his writing skills. Acknowledgements As a family, we’d like to thank our God, who loves all people equally. Clearly, He has created us all differently, but sees the value that each of us retain. We’d like to thank all of our friends who have encouraged us through life, through the writing of this book, including those who have been willing to be interviewed as part of it. Our lives are much richer because of you. 7
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