| Description |
1 online resource (335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :) : illustrations (some color |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- The 17 stressors -- Overcoming anxiety -- Overcoming poor self-esteem -- Accepting and working with change -- Living with meltdowns -- Overcoming depression -- Living with sensory issues -- Making and keeping friends -- Living with personal management issues -- Understanding and succeeding with intimacy, dating, sex and marriage -- Understanding and expressing emotions -- "Faking it" -- Getting and keeping a job -- Disclosing a diagnosis -- Bullying -- Choosing a career -- Improving empathetic attunement -- Should I be tested for Asperger's/HFA? -- About the Aspie mentors -- Meet the Aspie mentors -- Contributing artists -- Appendix : the survey questionnaire -- Links and resources. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Been There. Done That. Try This! gathers a team of top Aspie mentors to pass along insights for successful living to the next generation. Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, and many others, offer advice on coping with key stressors including anxiety, self-esteem, careers, and friendship. Each chapter ends with commentary from Dr. Tony Attwood. |
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Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Life skills guides.
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Autistic people -- Counseling of.
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Autistic children -- Life skills guides.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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| Added Author |
Attwood, Tony.
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Evans, Craig R.
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Lesko, Anita.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9781849059640 1849059640 (DLC) 2013048194 |
| ISBN |
9780857008718 (electronic bk.) |
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0857008714 (electronic bk.) |
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