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Titolo: | Siblings and autism : stories spanning generations and cultures / / edited by Debra Cumberland and Bruce Mills |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Disciplina: | 618.92/85882 |
618.9285882 | |
Soggetto topico: | Autistic children - Family relationships |
Autistic people - Family relationships | |
Siblings | |
Altri autori: | MillsBruce <1958-> CumberlandDebra |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Siblings and Autism: Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. House on the Meadow; 2. Family Resemblance; 3. Visiting Becky; 4. On the Way to the Sky; 5. Victim of Silence; 6. Life with Runi; 7. Autism Connects Us; 8. My Brother's Speaker; 9. We Were Beautiful, Once: My Autistic-American Family; 10. Holding On; 11. Our Family Has Two Hearts: My Older Sister Ge and I; 12. Robie; 13. His Little Sister; 14. Sisters Aren't Doing It for Themselves: Negotiating Special Identities in a Disabled Family; 15. This Night Will Pass; 16. Sirens; About the Authors |
Sommario/riassunto: | In this collection of personal accounts, siblings from a variety of backgrounds share their experiences of growing up with a brother or sister with autism. They show that certain things are common to the ""sibling experience: being overlooked; accommodating resentment, and helplessness; and the yearning to connect across neurological difference. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Siblings and autism |
ISBN: | 1-283-90546-9 |
0-85700-295-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816104103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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