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At Home in the Land of Oz: My Sister, Autism and Me

  • ISBN-13: 9781843108597
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Anne Barnhill
  • Price: AUD $40.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/08/2007
  • Format: Paperback 224 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Autism & Asperger's Syndrome [MJNA]
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Anne Clinard Barnhill's sister Becky was born in 1958, long before most people had even heard the term autism. Diagnosed with “emotional disturbance, Becky was subjected for much of her childhood to well-meaning but futile efforts at “rehabilitation or “cure, as well as prolonged spells in institutions away from her family.Painting a vivid picture of growing up in small-town America during the Sixties, Barnhill describes her sister's and her own painful childhood experiences with compassion and honesty. Struggling with the separation from her sister, the awkwardness of boyfriends' reactions to her sister's erratic behaviour and the emotional and financial hardships the family experienced as a result of Becky's condition, Anne nevertheless found that her sister had something that “normal people were unable to offer. Today she is accepting of her sister's autism and the impact, both painful and positive, it has had on both their lives. This bittersweet memoir will resonate with families affected by autism and other developmental disorders and will appeal to everyone interested in the condition.
Introduction. Chapter One. Chapter Two. Chapter Three. Chapter Four. Chapter Five. Chapter Six. Chapter Seven. Chapter Eight. Chapter Nine. Chapter Ten. Chapter Eleven. Chapter Twelve. Chapter Thirteen. Chapter Fourteen. Chapter Fifteen. Chapter Sixteen. Chapter Seventeen. Chapter Eighteen. Afterword.
The journey from early childhood through puberty and into adulthood is movingly documanted in a frank and critical way... This book shows how autism can have an impact on siblings and their efforts to reconcile their own developmental needs with the challengeing demands of a sister with autism.
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