ASPoetry : illustrated poems from an aspie life / / Wendy Lawson ; illustrated by Alice Blaes Calder

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824781203321
• Autore: Lawson Wendy <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-56645-0; 9786610566556; 1-84642-470-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CalderAlice Blaes
• Disciplina: 811/.6
• Soggetti: Asperger's syndrome - Patients; Autistic people
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; ASPoetry: Illustrated Poems from an Aspie Life; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Childhood; The Journey of Life; Transition; What is Play?; Please Accept Me; What is Time?; Lost; Words; What do we Mean?; Space and Time; Travelers; Change; Moving Away; Routine; Discovering Self; So This is Me!; Questions; Wendy; I am a Sexual Being Too; I Used To...But Now I...; My Body; Care; Indecision 2; Autism Is; So This is Life; Walking; Relationships; We are Walking Through the Valley; Adulthood; ASD: My Gender; Miracle; The Group; What is Love?; Commitment; Katy's Getting Married; Words 2; Seasons My Love; Time For; I Know; Easter 1992; Mr Breeze; The Quiet; Sometimes; Doubt; Love; Seasons 2; The Season of Advent in a Small Swiss Village; Indecision; Where is Wendy?; Today; Empty Thoughts; Ode to a Supervisor; Torment; What is My Name?; Autism Is (Also); Joan and Bob; Friendship; For Emma; Ayumi's Parting Song; Feeling Safe; Happy Birthday; Attention Poem; Doubly Drawn; Wendy (Take 2); The Tree of Life; Rain; My Princess of the Deep; Time; Knowing You, Knowing Me; The Last Supper; The Future; Interests; Of Interest; Ode to the Blackbird; Blue Tits; The Pelican; The Swan; Flying High Bold, Balky and Beautiful; Song of Songs; Pitter, Patter, Play School; The Music Lives On; Clothing the Shadows
• Sommario/riassunto: In this illustrated collection of poems and short prose pieces, including some from her teenage years, Wendy engages with her past and present, writing about childhood, self-discovery, adulthood and friendship. Her poetry also conveys the challenges presented by divorce, bereavement, emigration, disclosing homosexuality and Asperger's Syndrome.