1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455696803321

Titolo

Asperger syndrome and adults - is anyone listening? [[electronic resource] ] : essays and poems by spouses, partners and parents of adults with Asperger syndrome / / edited by Karen E. Rodman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, c2003

ISBN

1-283-90472-1

1-4175-0124-3

1-84642-423-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RodmanKaren E

Disciplina

362.1968982

Soggetti

Asperger's syndrome

Asperger's syndrome - Patients - Family relationships

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Asperger's Syndrome and Adults; Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; Foreword; Preface; 1 Asperger's Syndrome and its Effect Upon the Families; 2 Cassandra Phenomenon; 3 The Family Aspect of Asperger's Syndrome; 4 Things I Have Learnt About Asperger's Syndrome...; 5 Behind a Glass Wall; 6 Is Anyone Listening?; 7 Be Careful What You Wish For; 8 Asperger's Dungeon; 9 Living With an AS Son; 10 A Commentary; 11 A Failed Marriage; 12 Asperger's Syndrome, Obsessions, etc.; 13 Naked Hands; 14 Personal Reflections on a Relationship with an Adult who has the Symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome

15 When We Married16 When Cassandra was Very, Very Young; 17 Roses and Cacti; 18 Loneliness Is...; 19 Bobby...; 20 Life With My AS Mother; 21 Disconnecting from the Treadmill; 22 When Love is Not Enough; 23 My Corner; 24 My Older AS Son...; 25 Tempest and Sunshine; 26 AS Awareness: A Path Out of the Darkness; 27 Passive Aggression; 28 Six Generations of AS; 29 Trying to Describe Our Situation; 30 O Negative; 31 Knowing is Understanding, Understanding is Accepting: A Note of Encouragement; 32 The End into a Beginning;



33 Untitled; 34 Come With Me; Afterword

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on what is referred to as the Cassandra phenomenon, where the neurotypical partner often needs more emotional guidance than the AS partner, this volume gathers together letters, thoughts and poems to give voice to the loneliness, frustration and love felt by many individuals who are close to one or more people with AS.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953558403321

Autore

Bellamy Richard (Richard Paul)

Titolo

Liberalism and pluralism : towards a politics of compromise / / Richard Bellamy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-134-64375-6

1-134-64376-4

0-203-00732-8

1-280-33509-2

0-203-17095-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Liberalism

Cultural pluralism

Compromise (Ethics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: the challenge of pluralism; 1 Trading values: Hayek and the dethronement of of politics by markets; 2 Trimming values: Rawls and the constitutional avoidance of politics; 3 Segregating values: Walzer and the communitarian containment of politics; 4 Negotiating values: from consensus to compromise; 5 A negotiating democracy: the political constitution pf a pluralist polity; 6 Trading democracy for markets: the Citizen's Charter and the contracting state; 7 Trimming democracy: the Human Rights Act



8 De-segregating democracy: whose Europe, which community Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Liberalism and Pluralism the author explores the challenges conflicting values, interests and identities pose to liberal democracy. Richard Bellamy illustrates his criticism and proposals by reference to such topical issues as the citizens charter, constitutional reform, the Rushdie affair and the development of the European Union.