A Story to Help Children Learn about Disability and Inclusion
Roxy lives in the forest with her three best friends, who she loves to visit and play games with. Roxy is in a wheelchair, so sometimes it is harder for her to go to the same places and play the same games as the other animals.
In this revised second edition, Olga Bogdashina provides a foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism. She explores the effects of different perceptual and cognitive styles on the communication and language development of autistic children and provides strategies to help develop their skills.
Meet Maria - a woman with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Maria tells the story of her holiday with her husband Ben, her children Cara and Dino, and Teddy the dog, which was interrupted when she began to feel dizzy, exhausted and weak. She explains how this led to her diagnosis and describes what MS is, how it affects her daily life and what others ......
Engaging memoir from a 37-year-old woman named Julia with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), co-written with specialist Ruth Fidler. Covering childhood and adolescence, friendships, communication and meltdowns, plus an insightful chapter from her long-term partner, this is an unflinchingly honest look at Julia's inspiring life and the challenges ......
What Next-Generation Science Says about Treatments That WorkaEURO"and Ho
Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? From leading ADHD researcher Joel T. Nigg, this book presents exciting treatment advances grounded in the new science of epigenetics--how genes and the environment interact. ......
Supporting a Child who Has High Learning Potential and Special Education
An essential guide to supporting a child who is a high potential learner (dual or multiple exceptionality). Providing an introduction to DME, the author also shares tips and strategies for supporting your child to meet their full learning potential, as well as helping you to understand the difficulties they have in some areas.
Supporting Women with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) Through
Stretched to the Limits is the first book to detail the effects and implications of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome for pregnancy, birth and postnatally. It will empower midwives, doulas and their clients to advocate for the most informed and highest quality of care on that journey to parenthood.
An accessible guide to the medicines commonly prescribed to children with ADHD. This book will support parents in discussion with medical professionals and sheds light on the differences between medications, their effectiveness and the decisions that go into prescribing certain medicines.
How and Why People Do it, and the Impact it Can Have
This book offers an in in-depth examination of how autistic people mask, why they do it and the impact it can have on their wellbeing. Combining the latest research with contributed case studies, it provides a thorough and illuminating introduction to this important but underserved area.
