This essential book, written by the UK's leading advocate of safeguarding Autistic girls, outlines the experience of being young, Autistic and female. It highlights the particular risks facing Autistic girls, and sets out the strategies professionals can put in place to support them.
"This book centers on story as a means of making disability available for noticing. The framework of signs of disability forwarded in this book is drawn from the author's lived experience of disability and deafness as well as rhetoric, feminist materialist scholarship, and critical disability studies"--
"This book centers on story as a means of making disability available for noticing. The framework of signs of disability forwarded in this book is drawn from the author's lived experience of disability and deafness as well as rhetoric, feminist materialist scholarship, and critical disability studies"--
Promoting Your Child's Behavioral, Emotional, Academic, and Social Devel
Challenging kids don't behave badly on purpose -- they are simply struggling to "catch up" in key areas of psychological and cognitive development. If your child or teen's emotional or behavioral difficulties are getting in the way of success at home, at school, or in social situations, this is the book for you. Dr. Michael Bloomquist has spent ......
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.
In this essential guide, Rosemary Richings shares her tips, advice and insights on growing up and thriving with dyspraxia. She describes being diagnosed as a young child, dealing with bullies, navigating the tricky teenage years and more, and explains the strategies that helped her to succeed.
This comprehensive guide helps all birthing and healthcare professionals vastly improve their care and knowledge of autistic pregnant people. It takes a distinctly intersectional and accessible approach to a topic often overlooked and includes management approaches and tools for birth professionals, autistic pregnant people, and their families.
A Practical Guide to Developing Autistic Girls' Wellbeing and Self-Estee
This book provides strategies for teachers and parents to teach life skills to autistic girls aged 11 to 15, and offers ways to support their wellbeing and boost their self-esteem. Includes advice on communication, mental health, self-regulation, transitions and personal safety.
Practical Exercises to Help Understand and Minimise the Effects of Autistic Camouflaging
Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel confident without one. With expert advice on how to feel secure taking off your mask, this guide will give you all the tools you need to re-connect with yourself and the things you love.
