Our Journey Through High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Roadmap

by Andron, Linda

• ISBN13: 9781853029479
• ISBN10: 1853029475
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

(Jessica Kingsley) Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Text written by families who have experienced Asperger syndrome first-hand. They share their practical and original strategies for dealing with issues such as helping children to develop empathy and humor, maintaining friendships, and explaining their disorder to others. Softcover.

Author Biography

Linda Andron is a licensed clinical social worker, Adjunct Lecturer in Psychiatry and Bio-Behavioural Sciences and Clinical Instructor at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is the director of the UCLA Family Support Community Program and the clinical director of the Center for Asperger's Assessment and Intervention at the HELP Group. She has worked with over 500 families of children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome and is a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Autism Society of Los Angeles. She has written many articles and chapters on developmental disabilities

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Tony Attwood
Foreword	9	(2)
Liane Holliday Willey
OUR DIFFERENT JOURNEY - AN INTRODUCTION	11	(165)
Linda Andron
Humor, Imagination, and Empathy in Autism	17	(50)
Jeannette Darlington
Evan
Glen Darlington
The Myth of Social Skills	67	(14)
Linda Andron
One Best Friend	81	(12)
Ruth Mandernach
Josh Mandernach
My Second Smile	93	(10)
Jim Nye
Calvin Nye
How to Speak Asperger's	103	(14)
Fran Goldfarb
Guthrie Devine
The Asperger Chronicles	117	(16)
Jim Devine
Making Friends with Aliens	133	(43)
Max Lisser
Jennifer Westbay
Appendix: Thank You for Trusting Me	176	(7)
Resource List	183	(3)
Subject Index	186	(6)
Author Index	192