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Autore |
Fling Echo R |
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Titolo |
Eating an artichoke [[electronic resource] ] : a mother's perspective on Asperger syndrome / / Echo R. Fling ; foreword by Tony Atwood |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : Jessica Kingsley, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-44703-6 |
9786610447039 |
1-84642-181-0 |
1-4175-4980-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asperger's syndrome |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Of related interest; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. There's something wrong with your son; 2. Looking back; 3. Now what do we do?; 4. Back to basics; 5. Kitchen classroom; 6. Reality check; 7. Away at school; 8. Just a lonely boy; 9. Drugs?; 10. Out to lunch; 11. Light at the end of the tunnel; 12. The heart of my artichoke; 13. Ch... ch... cha... changes; 14. Making sense of the sensory; 15. Holla-daze; 16. Of things motoric; 17. My Girly; 18. Finding his passion - and beyond; Afterword: The politics of it all; References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For five years, Echo Fling accompanied her son Jimmy to doctors, medical specialists, learning consultants and psychologists. Aged ten, Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. This is the book that Echo needed when she first set out to have Jimmy diagnosed, and it will enable parents and teachers to understand and help other children with AS. |
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