Families of adults with autism : stories and advice for the next generation

Johnson, Jane, 1966- (Added Author). Van Rensselaer, Anne. (Added Author).

Summary: What happens to people with autism when they become adults? Families of Adults with Autism is a collection of real-life stories of people on the autism spectrum growing up, as told by their family members. The individual accounts explore the challenges that families of people with autism face and looks at the techniques they have used to improve the quality of their children's lives, from mega-doses of vitamins and dietary changes, through to intensive interaction. The contributors also relate how they have worked with their children or siblings to help them to function at their highest possible level, be it showing an awareness of their environment, holding down a full-time job in a local store, competing in the Special Olympics, or achieving international recognition as an artist.

Item details

ISBN: 9781843108856
ISBN: 1843108852
Physical Description: print
regular print
191 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st American pbk. ed.
Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine derived contents note: Contents: -- Foreword, by Dr. Stephen Edelson 5 -- Helen Landalf 9 -- Joan H. Goble, MD 18 -- Jean and Michael Curtin 20 -- Katie Dolan 29 -- John Henley 30 -- Gerda McCarthy 36 -- Toby Arenberg 39 -- Raymond Gallup 42 -- Julie Gallup 47 -- Clara Claiborne Park 49 -- Carol Croke 52 -- Matthew DeLuca 55 -- Jinny and Bill Kemmel 57 -- Elaine Woodruff 63 -- Ann Laferty-Snowhook 66 -- Jordan Snowhook 71 -- Elizabeth Snowhook 72 -- Kim Oakley 73 -- Irina Lobkovitz 92 -- Kristin Zhivago 96 -- Sue Swezey 100 -- Edith P. Gray 124 -- Beth Sposato 127 -- Sharon Lettick Crotzer 143 -- Ruth C. Sullivan 147 -- Toshiko Lyons 153 -- Sally Graham 161 -- Lawrence Stream 163 -- Maxine Richards 171 -- Arlene J. Paster 174 -- Mary Laird Flanagan 177 -- Dr. & Mrs. William K. Henry 180 -- Francine M. Bernstein 185 -- Dorothy Beavers 193 -- Jim Cockey 199 -- Audrey Flack 210.