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Adam's Alternative Sports Day
An Asperger Story
9 year old Adam dreads Sports Day, so he is delighted when Mr Williams announces that this year there will be an Alternative Sports Day with some very different challenges. There will be quizzes, riddles, and a treasure hunt - all the things that Adam enjoys. This book offers insights into how a child with AS copes with the challenges of school. more »
2004, Paperback: £12.99/ $20.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-300-4, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, children, fiction, inclusive classroom, memoirs, special education
My Son Fred - Living with Autism
How Could You Manage? I Couldn't. I Did It Anyway
Maud Deckmar tells a touching and honest story of living with Fred, her eldest child, who has autism and an intellectual disability. She recounts here the great struggles and sorrows as well as the love and happiness she has experienced from his early childhood to adulthood. more »
2004, Paperback: £21.99/ $34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-312-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: autism, children, families, intellectual disabilities, memoirs, parenting, residential care, supported living
A Toss of the Dice
Stories from a Pediatrician's Practice
Natasha T. Hays uses stories from her paediatric practice to illustrate the challenges faced by children with different types of special needs, including autism, bipolar disorder, genetic syndromes, cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and giftedness. more »
2004, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-788-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, children, dyspraxia, emotions, families, fiction, health care, high functioning autism, hyperlexia, memoirs, nonverbal learning disabilities, parenting, psychology, tics, tourettes
The Feeling's Unmutual
Growing Up With Asperger Syndrome (Undiagnosed)
This book offers a fresh insight into the experience of feeling 'unmutual' or misunderstood, and how this can result in bullying at school and in the workplace, escalating into social phobia, paranoia and obsessive behaviour. It illustrates some of the expressions of the Asperger condition and provides an accessible introduction to those new to AS. more »
2004, Paperback: £15.99/ $25.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-264-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, memoirs
Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful
Alcoholism, Addiction and Early Recovery
Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful gives a detailed account of the early stages of recovery from alcoholism. From his admittance into hospital to his life as a writer in the Netherlands, McCully offers a detailed and often analytical reflection on what it feels like to be a recovering alcoholic. more »
2004, Paperback: £17.99/ $28.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-265-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: addiction, alcohol, counselling, health care, memoirs, mental health, self harm
Allergy Busters
A Story for Children with Autism or Related Spectrum Disorders Struggling with Allergies
This book is a practical guide to help children with allergy problems. It follows the experiences of Karston, who, in addition to autism-related problems, suffers from food and environmental allergies. He relates the struggles, frustrations, and disappointments in battling allergies, before coming up with a solution - the four Allergy Buster Keys. more »
2004, Paperback: £9.99/ $18.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-782-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 48pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, children, diet, fiction, memoirs, occupational therapy
ADD and Me
Forty Years in a Fog
In his personal account of life with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), award-winning author Ken Patterson richly illustrates the way in which the symptoms of ADD curtail the ability of an intelligent man to succeed in the most ordinary of life's events. He reveals the subtle complexities of coping with situations most people take for granted. more »
2004, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-777-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: ADHD, adults, anxiety, employment, memoirs, relationships
Not Just Anything
A Collection of Thoughts on Paper
Donna takes you on a poetic adventure into places past, present and beyond. Often intertwined with the world of autistic experience, her writings divulge with immediacy, a person in the grip of overload and shutdowns, of extreme sensory and emotional highs and passions, of alienation from self, from body and fear of the intensity of emotion. more »
2004, Paperback: £14.99/ $22.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-228-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, memoirs, poetry
Everyday Heaven
Journeys Beyond the Stereotypes of Autism
This is the fourth installment in Williams' series of autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, 'autistic marriage', to finally knowing what life was like without the invisible cage of her 'Exposure Anxiety'. more »
2004, Paperback: £15.99/ $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-211-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, memoirs
Asparagus Dreams
Expelled from mainstream education and vaguely aware she has something called 'Asparagus' Syndrome, 12-year-old Jessica is sent away to a residential school for young people with autism. Recalling her school years with humour and insight, Jessica's account will open the eyes of readers to the difficulties, and the rewards, of this condition. more »
2003, Paperback: £18.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-164-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: adolescence, Asperger syndrome, autism, challenging behaviour, inclusive classroom, memoirs, social skills, special education
Making Sense of the Unfeasible
My Life Journey with Asperger Syndrome
Before he received his diagnosis of AS, Marc Fleisher was considered mentally retarded; yet he went on to gain two maths degrees and to undertake post-graduate studies in maths. In this engaging story he relates how, supported by his family and by services for people with autism, he learnt to get the most out of life. more »
2003, Paperback: £16.99/ $26.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-165-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, memoirs
Running with Walker
A Memoir
Walker's father, Robert Hughes, tells a touching and inspiring story of discovering that their 'perfect little boy had a problem'. With disarming honesty and humour, the book tells how a family copes and keeps hope alive despite the staggering difficulties autism presents. more »
2003, Paperback: £16.99/ $26.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-755-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: autism, families, memoirs, parenting
Looking for Oliver
A Mother's Search for the Son She Gave Up for Adoption
Vividly recalling the stigma of her schoolgirl pregnancy and the pain of her separation from the baby, this absorbing and illuminating story follows Emma's search for Oliver, her adopted son. more »
2003, Paperback: £18.99/ $32.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-142-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: adoption, counselling, families, fostering, memoirs, parenting
Snapshots of Autism
A Family Album
Jennifer Overton uses the key calendar events in the year to discuss the roller coaster of emotions that accompany life with her autistic son Nicholas. This book is a powerful account of what it is like to mother an autistic child, which puts a human face to autism amid all the overwhelming myths and facts that surround it. more »
2003, Paperback: £16.99/ $25.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-723-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: autism, children, families, memoirs, parenting
Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome
One of the increasing number of people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in adulthood, Jen Birch relates her story with humour and honesty, taking us through the years of confusion that led to her diagnosis. Talking positively, Jen aims to use this new-found knowledge to inform others about the syndrome and how life can be lived to the full. more »
2003, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-112-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: adults, Asperger syndrome, memoirs
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