Build Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide For Individuals With Asperger Syndrome - Softcover

Lawson, Wenn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843101149 ISBN 13: 9781843101147

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

As someone with Asperger Syndrome, Wendy Lawson knows all about the social difficulties that accompany the condition. In this book, she guides others on the autism spectrum through the confusing map of life, tackling the building bricks of social existence one by one with humour, insight and practical suggestions. Exploring what it is like to be an adult in an alien world, she looks at the concepts of 'self' and 'other' and talks about the people in our lives - how to relate to them, how we can use their support and how we can protect ourselves in the process. Using poetry and illustrations, she goes on to explain the difficult notion of `putting on a face', looks at how to assess personal skills in order to develop them into a suitable career and how to deal with unwelcome changes in life. This book is essential reading for all those on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum, helping them to get the best out of a world that is often confusing and aiding those close to them to understand their perspective.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Wenn B. Lawson PhD, CPsychol is a lecturer and author. Since being diagnosed with autism in 1994, Wenn is passionately committed to campaigning for the rights of people on the autism spectrum. In 2008 Wenn was awarded fourth place in the 'Victorian Australian of the Year' awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843101149
• ISBN 13: 9781843101147
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176