Aspergirls empowering females with Asperger Syndrome
Girls with Asperger's Syndrome are less frequently diagnosed than boys, & even once symptoms have been recognized, help is often not readily available. The image of coping well presented by AS females can often mask difficulties, deficits, challenges, & loneliness.
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley,
2010.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Simone, Rudy. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Aspergirls : |b empowering females with Asperger Syndrome / |c Rudy Simone ; foreword by Liane Holliday Willey. |
| 260 | |a London ; |a Philadelphia : |b Jessica Kingsley, |c 2010. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Imagination, self-taught reading and savant skills, and unusual interests -- Why smart girls sometimes hate school -- Sensory overload -- Stimming, and what we do when we're happy -- On blame and internalizing guilt -- Gender roles and identity -- Puberty and mutism -- Attraction, dating, sex, and relationships -- Friendships and socializing -- Higher learning -- Employment and career -- Marriage and cohabitation -- Having children -- Ritual and routine, logical and literal thinking, bluntness, empathy, and being misunderstood -- Diagnosis, misdiagnosis and medication -- Depression meltdowns, PTSD, and more about meds -- Temper meltdowns -- Burning bridges -- Stomach issues and autism -- Getting older on the Spectrum -- On whether Asperger Syndrome is a disability or a gift, and advice from Aspergirls to Aspergirls -- Give your Aspergirl some BALLS: belief, acceptance, love, like, and support -- Thoughts and advice from parents of Aspergirls. | |
| 520 | 0 | |a Girls with Asperger's Syndrome are less frequently diagnosed than boys, & even once symptoms have been recognized, help is often not readily available. The image of coping well presented by AS females can often mask difficulties, deficits, challenges, & loneliness. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Asperger's syndrome. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women with mental disabilities |v Life skills guides. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women with mental disabilities |v Anecdotes. | |
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