03386nam 2200601Ia 450 991078417950332120230828214353.01-280-56645-097866105665561-84642-470-4(CKB)1000000000338052(EBL)290885(OCoLC)133162962(SSID)ssj0000106604(PQKBManifestationID)11684520(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106604(PQKBWorkID)10110506(PQKB)10444947(MiAaPQ)EBC290885(Au-PeEL)EBL290885(CaPaEBR)ebr10141172(CaONFJC)MIL56655(EXLCZ)99100000000033805220051128d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrASPoetry[electronic resource] illustrated poems from an aspie life /Wendy Lawson ; illustrated by Alice Blaes CalderLondon ;Philadelphia Jessica Kingsley Publishers20061 online resource (129 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84985-538-2 1-84310-418-0 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 2Seasons 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 SwanFlying High Bold, Balky and Beautiful; Song of Songs; Pitter, Patter, Play School; The Music Lives On; Clothing the ShadowsIn 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.Asperger's syndromePatientsPoetryAutistic peoplePoetryAsperger's syndromePatientsAutistic people811/.6Lawson Wendy1952-475649Calder Alice Blaes1517162MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784179503321ASPoetry3754033UNINA