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Living your best life with asperger’s syndrome

01 September 2006

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This small book has much to commend it for anyone wanting a short introduction to Asperger’s syndrome and what it means to be a parent and carer of someone with...

A Different Kettle of Fish

26 November 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THE AUTHOR of this book, a final-year physics student at the time of writing, has Asperger’s syndrome, and this is his second publication on aspects of the English...

Learning Disability Nursing at a Glance

26 January 2016

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THIS IS an excellent resource for study and revision from the publishers of the ‘At a Glance’ series of learning resources.

Older Adults and Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Introduction and Guide

26 January 2016

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

WRITTEN FROM the standpoint of a person diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome later in life, this book offers a fascinating insight into what life is like for people on...

Social skills groups for children and adolescents with asperger’s syndrome: a step by step program

01 December 2006

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This text aims to teach social skills to children and adolescents who have Asperger’s syndrome. It is quite usefully structured with a good contents, reference and...

What’s up with Ben?

01 April 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

When What’s up with Ben? landed on my desk I thought ‘this one is a bit different’. You see, most texts on the issues around autism spectrum conditions tend to be...

Growing points in developmental science: an introduction

01 April 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

This is a very comprehensive but often very difficult to read treatment of the science of developmental psychology which will repay attentive reading and rereading....

Succeeding with interventions for asperger syndrome adolescents

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Many books have dealt with the issue of social skills training and interventions for children and adolescents with Asperger ’s syndrome and autism. This text has...

My Parent has an Autism Spectrum Disorder

01 May 2012

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THE AUTHOR is an American psychotherapist who works with adults with autism. She also has a father who is on the autism spectrum.

Practical Sensory Programmes for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Special Needs

01 February 2008

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

One of the key issues surrounding people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is difficulties with sensory input. With some, such difficulties may present themselves...