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Any attempt to tackle the issue of employment for people with autism will have to take into account the fact that very few people with autism have had a linear life course. The dominant, and indeed almost unique, statistical norm in this field is the alternation of phases of greater or lesser inclusion, of various types of precariousness , with ...
Somebody Somewhere takes up Williams' story after her diagnosis with autism at the age of 26 after a childhood often thought deaf, labelled psychotic, then disturbed. In this book, Williams becomes a teacher and goes on to work with children on the autistic spectrum before being thrust into the public eye upon the accidental publication of her ...
Unstrange Minds is a nonfiction book by anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker about the rise in autism diagnoses throughout the world over the last twenty years.. It provides a cultural history of autism and describes the experiences of parents of children with autism in the United States, South Korea, India, and South Africa.
One 2018 survey found that just 5% of autists — a term used by some people with autism — support the therapy, with a majority of neurotypical relatives of autistic people opposing it.
Nannery — who co-wrote the book What to Say Next: Successful Communication in Work, Life and Love with Autism Spectrum Disorder with her husband — says that getting her autism diagnosis at 31 ...
Her books have been translated into several languages. 22 Things a Woman Must Know if She loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009) ISBN 978-1-84905-803-2 22 Things A Woman with Asperger's Wants her Partner to Know (Jessica Kingsley Publisher, 2012) ISBN 978-1-84905-883-4
The Autism Community in Action (TACA) (formerly known as Talk About Curing Autism) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 by Lisa Ackerman [3] and based in Irvine, California. The mission statement is "TACA provides education, support and hope to families living with autism". [ 4 ]
House Rules (2010) is the eighteenth novel by the American author Jodi Picoult.The novel focuses on a young adult male, Jacob Hunt, with Asperger's syndrome living in Townshend, Vermont, [1] who is accused of murder.