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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Table of Contents:
- 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.
