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Group Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

01 March 2010

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

‘THE BEST way to help any socially impaired child (or adult) is to recognise the social impairment, examine for and treat or alleviate any identifiable underlying...

Life and learning with autistic spectrum diffability

01 February 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Yes, the title is spelt correctly. Lawson considers that people with autism, Asperger syndrome and ASD’s to have ‘diffabilities’ rather than ‘disabilities’. Those...

Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management

01 November 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

IT SO happens that I was recently diagnosed as having ‘high functioning autism’, so I read this book with great interest and can relate to its intent and the content...

The Partner’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome

01 November 2012

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

When I was asked to review this book, whose authors are married to men on the autism spectrum, I agreed immediately, being on the autism spectrum myself and having...

Making Sense of utistic Spectrum Disorders

01 October 2012

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

AS BOTH a nurse and a person with autism, I read this book with mixed feelings. Like most books on the subject, it discusses the positive and negative aspects of...

Financial decision-making: guidance for supporting financial decision-making by people with learning disabilities

01 December 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

Historically, those with a learning disability have had very little control over their day-to-day finances, particularly those who lived in long-stay institutions....

Autism

01 July 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

THESE GUIDELINES, which were drafted by academics, clinicians and people on the autism spectrum, address the widespread problems associated with a lack of...

Vive la revolution!

01 October 2003

Nursing Management

Opinion

July 2003 marked the mid-point of The European Year of People with Disabilities – and discrimination in the NHS is alive and kicking. As with other European or...

Denied a job because of interest in research

10 December 2002

Nursing Standard

Letter

Senga Steel’s research column (perspectives November 13) about encouraging nurses and midwives to engage in research offers a contrast to my experience. On two...

Surely one Climbie case is enough

04 February 2004

Nursing Standard

Letter

I read with concern the article on child protection (analysis January 21). I was disgusted by the claim put forward by the RCN that ‘joint working would prove...

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