Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome
β Jen Birch
π Library
π
2003
π English
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Congratulations! It's Asperger's syndrome
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- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 270
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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 1999. 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 a psychiatric hospital and her struggle for correct diagnosis in a country where the syndrome is relatively unknown. Talking positively about how her life has changed since the 'revelation', Jen aims to use this new-found knowledge to inform others about the syndrome and how, once its pros and cons are understood, life can be lived to the full.
β¦ Table of Contents
Congratulations! Itβs Asperger Syndrome......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
To the Reader......Page 9
Part One......Page 11
1. Life at Park Fields......Page 13
2. The Cognitive Realm: Understanding My World......Page 26
3. Feathers with Everything! Part I......Page 35
4. Death Comes to Park Fields......Page 38
5. Identity and Boundary Issues......Page 45
6. In the Workforce: Part I......Page 56
7. Feathers with Everything! Part II......Page 64
8. Some Social Situations......Page 67
9. Co-ordination Issues......Page 84
10. Other Special Skills and Interests......Page 93
11. Aunty Hazel: A Story......Page 99
12. The Psychiatric Hospital......Page 114
13. Asking for Help......Page 131
14. In the Workforce: Part II......Page 136
15. Married to a Mole......Page 146
16. The Training Course......Page 150
17. In the Workforce: Part III......Page 157
18. Feathers with Everything! Part III......Page 166
19. Going to University, and Three Important Friends......Page 169
Part Two......Page 193
20. Revelations......Page 195
21. How I Chose a Cat Instead of a Kookaburra! (Or: More Cognitive Issues)......Page 211
22. Feathers with Everything! Part IV......Page 216
23. My Life Now......Page 222
24. Some Implications of very Late Diagnosis......Page 237
25. The Stone Age Connection......Page 247
26. Helpful Hints for others with Asperger Syndrome (and our helpers, and the community in general)......Page 253
Glossary, and Notes on the Maori Language......Page 267
Bibliography......Page 269
β¦ Subjects
Nonfiction;Psychology;Health;Aspergers;Autobiography;Memoir
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