Asperger Syndrome and Adults... : Is Anyone Listening? - Essays and Poems by Spouses, Partners and Parents of Adults with Asperger Syndrome.

By: Rodman, Karen EContributor(s): Attwood, Tony | Attwood, TonyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846424236Subject(s): Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships | Asperger's syndromeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Asperger Syndrome and Adults... : Is Anyone Listening? - Essays and Poems by Spouses, Partners and Parents of Adults with Asperger SyndromeDDC classification: 362.1966 LOC classification: RC553.A88 -- A87 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Asperger's Syndrome and Adults -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Terminology -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Asperger's Syndrome and its Effect Upon the Families -- 2 Cassandra Phenomenon -- 3 The Family Aspect of Asperger's Syndrome -- 4 Things I Have Learnt About Asperger's Syndrome… -- 5 Behind a Glass Wall -- 6 Is Anyone Listening? -- 7 Be Careful What You Wish For -- 8 Asperger's Dungeon -- 9 Living With an AS Son -- 10 A Commentary -- 11 A Failed Marriage -- 12 Asperger's Syndrome, Obsessions, etc. -- 13 Naked Hands -- 14 Personal Reflections on a Relationship with an Adult who has the Symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome -- 15 When We Married -- 16 When Cassandra was Very, Very Young -- 17 Roses and Cacti -- 18 Loneliness Is… -- 19 Bobby… -- 20 Life With My AS Mother -- 21 Disconnecting from the Treadmill -- 22 When Love is Not Enough -- 23 My Corner -- 24 My Older AS Son… -- 25 Tempest and Sunshine -- 26 AS Awareness: A Path Out of the Darkness -- 27 Passive Aggression -- 28 Six Generations of AS -- 29 Trying to Describe Our Situation -- 30 O Negative -- 31 Knowing is Understanding, Understanding is Accepting: A Note of Encouragement -- 32 The End into a Beginning -- 33 Untitled -- 34 Come With Me -- Afterword.
Summary: Focusing on what is referred to as the Cassandra phenomenon, where the neurotypical partner often needs more emotional guidance than the AS partner, this volume gathers together letters, thoughts and poems to give voice to the loneliness, frustration and love felt by many individuals who are close to one or more people with AS.
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Intro -- Asperger's Syndrome and Adults -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Terminology -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Asperger's Syndrome and its Effect Upon the Families -- 2 Cassandra Phenomenon -- 3 The Family Aspect of Asperger's Syndrome -- 4 Things I Have Learnt About Asperger's Syndrome… -- 5 Behind a Glass Wall -- 6 Is Anyone Listening? -- 7 Be Careful What You Wish For -- 8 Asperger's Dungeon -- 9 Living With an AS Son -- 10 A Commentary -- 11 A Failed Marriage -- 12 Asperger's Syndrome, Obsessions, etc. -- 13 Naked Hands -- 14 Personal Reflections on a Relationship with an Adult who has the Symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome -- 15 When We Married -- 16 When Cassandra was Very, Very Young -- 17 Roses and Cacti -- 18 Loneliness Is… -- 19 Bobby… -- 20 Life With My AS Mother -- 21 Disconnecting from the Treadmill -- 22 When Love is Not Enough -- 23 My Corner -- 24 My Older AS Son… -- 25 Tempest and Sunshine -- 26 AS Awareness: A Path Out of the Darkness -- 27 Passive Aggression -- 28 Six Generations of AS -- 29 Trying to Describe Our Situation -- 30 O Negative -- 31 Knowing is Understanding, Understanding is Accepting: A Note of Encouragement -- 32 The End into a Beginning -- 33 Untitled -- 34 Come With Me -- Afterword.

Focusing on what is referred to as the Cassandra phenomenon, where the neurotypical partner often needs more emotional guidance than the AS partner, this volume gathers together letters, thoughts and poems to give voice to the loneliness, frustration and love felt by many individuals who are close to one or more people with AS.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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