| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270). |
| Contents |
Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome; Contents; To the Reader; Part One; 1. Life at Park Fields; 2. The Cognitive Realm: Understanding My World; 3. Feathers with Everything! Part I; 4. Death Comes to Park Fields; 5. Identity and Boundary Issues; 6. In the Workforce: Part I; 7. Feathers with Everything! Part II; 8. Some Social Situations; 9. Co-ordination Issues; 10. Other Special Skills and Interests; 11. Aunty Hazel: A Story; 12. The Psychiatric Hospital; 13. Asking for Help; 14. In the Workforce: Part II; 15. Married to a Mole; 16. The Training Course; 17. In the Workforce: Part III. |
| Summary |
One of the increasing number of people diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in adulthood, New Zealand-born Jen Birch relates her story with humour and honesty, taking us through the years of frustration and confusion that led to her diagnosis in 1998. Now that she can put her life experiences into context, she candidly describes her continual search for 'normality', including her experiences at work, her difficulties with relationships, her time spent in psychiatric hospital and her struggle for correct diagnosis in a country where the syndrome is relatively unknown. Talking positively about how h. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Birch, Jen, 1955-
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Birch, Jen, 1955- (OCoLC)fst00484271
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Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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Asperger's syndrome -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst01424574
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| Indexed Term |
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag |
| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Title |
Congratulations! It's Asperger syndrome |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Birch, Jen, 1955- Congratulations! It's Asperger's syndrome. London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003 1843101122 (DLC) 2002023982 (OCoLC)50676316 |
| ISBN |
1417502835 (electronic bk.) |
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9781417502837 (electronic bk.) |
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1283904268 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283904261 (electronic bk.) |
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