Diagnosis Asparagus : Advocating for Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Conditions.
This life-affirming book shows diagnosis to be a positive and empowering experience. Written by a mother and her teenage daughter, it is an honest account of the process of procuring an autism spectrum diagnosis including assessment, reactions to the news and its impact on their lives, and includes...
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Diagnosis Asparagus: Advocating for Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Conditions; Preface; A Note on Terminology; 1. Getting a Diagnosis or 'I'm an Asparagus but I'm not green'; 2. Deciding on Assessment or 'they must be weird too'; 3. Getting an Assessment or 'gloriously gabbling on'; 4. Some Details about Diagnostic Criteria or 'why Harry Potter would tie a pair of knickers to Hedwig's leg'; 5. Social Communication or 'So how was your day?'; 6. Social Interaction and Social Imagination or 'a perfectly good squirrel'
- 7. Sensory Preferences and Other Stuff or 'brace yourself for the bullet points'8. Repetitive Behaviours or 'repetitive behaviours repetitive behaviours repetitive behaviours'; 9. AS in the Family or 'being Pollyanna'; 10. Sharing the News or 'being an ally for Asperger's'; 11. Strategies That Help or 'you have stepped unknowingly in a massive pile of poo'; 12. Asperger's Syndrome or 'I'm the last of my kind'; 13. The Present and the Future or 'not barking like a dog'; Endnotes; Index.