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Families of Adults with Autism
Stories and Advice for the Next Generation
The book is a collection of real-life stories of people on the autism spectrum growing up, as told by their families. Accounts explore the challenges that families of people with autism have faced, and the techniques they have used to improve the quality of their children's lives, from vitamins and dietary changes to intensive interaction. more »
2008, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-885-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
Keywords: adults, Asperger syndrome, autism, counselling, disability, employment, families, health care, memoirs, occupational therapy, parenting, supported living
Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease
One Family's Story
Huntington's Disease (HD) is a hereditary illness passed on via a defective gene. There is a fifty per cent chance of inheriting it from a parent and there is yet no cure. Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease is one family's poignant story of coping with the symptoms, the diagnosis and the effects of HD. more »
2007, Paperback: £15.99/ $25.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-487-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: counselling, families, health care, memoirs, palliative care
Karina Has Down Syndrome
One Family's Account of the Early Years with a Child who has Special Needs
Since their initial shock at their daughter's disability, Karina's parents have experienced the challenges and joys of raising a child with special needs. This is the account of Karina's first six years, as told to Cheryl Rogers. It is a valuable resource for the families of Down Syndrome children, teachers and disability service workers. more »
1999, Paperback: £16.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-820-5, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp
Keywords: Down's syndrome, families, intellectual disabilities, memoirs, parenting
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- ADD,
- ADHD,
- adolescence,
- adult protection,
- adults,
- advocacy,
- alternative therapies,
- anger management,
- anxiety,
- arts therapies,
- Asperger syndrome,
- augmentative communication,
- autism,
- bereavement,
- bipolar disorder,
- bodywork,
- brain injury,
- bullying,
- cancer,
- careers,
- carers,
- cerebral palsy,
- challenging behaviour,
- chi kung,
- child development,
- child protection,
- child psychiatry,
- child psychology,
- children,
- children's rights,
- cognitive behavioural therapy,
- communication,
- community care,
- complementary therapies,
- constipation,
- counselling,
- creative therapies,
- creativity,
- dance,
- dance and movement therapy,
- dementia,
- depression,
- developmental coordination disorder,
- diet,
- disability,
- disability law,
- divorce,
- domicilary care,
- Down's syndrome,
- dramatherapy,
- dyslexia,
- dyspraxia,
- early intervention,
- education,
- educational psychology,
- elder abuse,
- emotions,
- employment,
- energy work,
- epilepsy,
- expressive therapies,
- fiction,
- further education,
- gifted and talented,
- grief,
- health care,
- high functioning autism,
- higher education,
- higher education policy,
- homeschooling,
- housing,
- hyperlexia,
- inclusive classroom,
- infertility,
- intellectual disabilities,
- law,
- life skills,
- literacy,
- mainstream education,
- massage,
- mental health,
- mental illness,
- meridians,
- messy play,
- movement,
- music therapy,
- nonverbal learning disabilities,
- nursing,
- nutrition,
- obsessive compulsive disorder,
- occupational therapy,
- offenders,
- older people,
- pain management,
- palliative care,
- parenting,
- Parkinson's disease,
- pastoral care,
- person-centred,
- personal hygiene,
- pervasive developmental disorder,
- play,
- practical theology,
- psychiatry,
- psychoanalysis,
- psychodrama,
- psychology,
- psychosis,
- psychotherapy,
- qigong,
- reference,
- relationships,
- residential care,
- resilience,
- risk assessment,
- safeguarding children,
- seizures,
- self esteem,
- self harm,
- sensory issues,
- sensory stimulation,
- sexual abuse,
- sexuality,
- social care,
- social policy,
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- social work law,
- special education,
- speech and language pathology,
- speech and language therapy,
- spirituality,
- storymaking,
- substance abuse,
- suicide,
- supported living,
- tai chi,
- taiji jian,
- taiji quan,
- teenagers,
- theology,
- tics,
- tourettes,
- transitions,
- trauma,
- violence,
- yoga
