Siblings and Autism

Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures

AvDebra Cumberland,Bruce Mills

E-bok

Engelska, 2010

268 kr

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Beskrivning

What is it like to grow up with a sibling on the autism spectrum? What kind of relationship do such siblings have? How does that relationship change as the siblings get older? In this moving collection of beautifully-written personal accounts, siblings from a variety of backgrounds, and in different circumstances, share their experiences of growing up with a brother or sister with autism. Despite their many differences, their stories show that certain things are common to the "sibling experience": the emotional terrain of looking on or being overlooked; the confusion of accommodating resentment, love, and helplessness; and above all the yearning to connect across neurological difference. Siblings and Autism is a thought-provoking book that will appeal to anyone with a personal or professional interest in autism, including parents of siblings of children on the spectrum, teachers, counsellors, and psychologists.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-15
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857002952
Förlag:Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Utforska kategorier

Biologisk psykologi och neuropsykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Pediatrik inom Medicin
Autism och Aspergers syndrom inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Anne Clinard Barnhill lives in North Carolina. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and has published hundreds of features and reviews, and several short stories in a variety of newspapers and magazines.

Recensioner i media

It has something for everyone... It's the academia to xenophobia of autistic tales The book uses siblings of children with autism as sources of these tales, who are incredibly diverse in terms of their professions, approaches to the storytelling, and cultural perspectives. While themes vary from story to story, they are never over serious or over pious. The collection is here to remind us of the multiple faces of autism... as a description of sibling experience and role in autism, autism development, and intervention, and these are "things" I needed to know.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. 'House on the Meadow', Catherine Anderson. 'Family Resemblance', Erika Nanes. 'Visiting Becky', Anne Barnhill. 'On the Way to the Sky', Katie Harrington Stricklin. 'Victim of Silence', Ann Damiano. 'Life with Runi', Aparna Das. 'Autism Connects Us', Matthew Belmonte. 'My Brother's Speaker', Debra Eder. 'We Were Beautiful, Once: My Autistic-American Family', Maureen McDonnell. 'Holding On', Lindsey Fisch. 'Our Family Has Two Hearts: Me and My Older Sister Ge', Helen McCabe and Chuan Wu. 'Robie', Erika Reich Giles. 'Everyone is Different', Cara Murphy Watkins'. 'Sisters Aren't Doing It for Themselves: Negotiating Special Identities in a Disabled Family', Alison Wilde. 'This Night Will Pass', Thomas Caramagno. 'Sirens', Debra Cumberland.