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Challenging the Myths of Autism
Author | : Jonathan Alderson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Autism in children |
ISBN | : OCLC:1148212593 |
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How many times have you heard that people with autism lack creativity? That they reject affection or suffer from mental retardation? Or that learning shows down or stops at the age of five? As the number of children diagnosed with autism surges, we're learning more about the amorphous nature of this spectrum disorder with its wide range of symptoms. Long-held myths and damaging misconceptions can be replaced with new understanding and new hope. Drawing on the latest research and more than two decades of experience working with families around the world, Jonathan Alderson sets out a new understanding that will change the way parents and professionals view autism and charts a whole new realm of possibilities for treatment and research"--Back cover.
Challenging The Myths Of Autism
Author | : Jonathan Alderson |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins Canada |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2011-08-23 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9781443408356 |
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How many times have you heard that people with autism lack creativity? That they reject affection or suffer from mental retardation? As the number of children diagnosed with autism surges, researchers and educators are racing to define the amorphous nature of this spectrum disorder and its wide range of symptoms. But in trying to characterize this widely varying group, people often perpetuate a host of limiting and potentially damaging misconceptions in the media, in academic journals and even in textbooks. These myths don’t hold up when examined, and they don’t reflect Jonathan Alderson’s experience working with more than 2,000 children and families over two decades. Provocative and meticulously researched, Challenging the Myths of Autism looks at the most prevalent fallacies, explains how they developed, examines why dispelling them matters and, most importantly, sets out a new understanding that will change the way parents and professionals view autism. With examples from his own practice, Alderson charts a whole new realm of possibilities for treatment and research.
Challenging the Myths of Autism
Author | : Jonathan Alderson |
Publsiher | : Harper |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0062294873 |
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Drawing on the latest research and more than two decades of experience working with families around the world, the author sets out a new understanding that will change the way parents and professionals view autism, and chart a whole new realm of possibilities for treatment and research.
The Myth of Autism
Author | : Michael J. Goldberg |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2014-07-29 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781629140636 |
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Experts agree that America is in the midst of a disturbing epidemic of what has thus far been diagnosed as autism. In just thirty years autism diagnoses have risen from 1 in 5,000 children to 1 in 110, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But in the history of our society there has never been an “epidemic” of any developmental or genetic disorder—it is scientifically impossible. So what is this mysterious affliction known as “autism,” and how can we stop it? Dr. Goldberg and his colleagues illustrate why autism cannot be genetic, but is a symptom of a treatable neurological disease that attacks the brain’s immune system. Readers will come to understand that Autism is not psychological or developmental, but a medical disease, Autism is caused by a dysfunction in the neuro-immune system and often by secondary neurotropic viruses that impact the neuro-immune system and brains, illnesses such as autism, ADD/ADHD, and chronic fatigue syndrome all have different “labels” but are actually variations on the same thing: neuro-immune dysfunction syndromes (NIDS), and what you can do to transform your own life or the lives of your loved ones. "Dr. Goldberg's knowledge base is greater than anyone else's in this treatment area. He is the best expert in this field, in my opinion. I could have taken my son to any autism doctor in the world and I chose Dr. Goldberg." --Bruce L. Russell, MD, FAAFP
Life on the Autism Spectrum
Author | : Matthew Bennett,Amanda A. Webster,Emma Goodall,Susannah Rowland |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2019-01-01 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9789811333590 |
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This book presents a unique exploration of common myths about autism by examining these myths through the perspectives of autistic individuals. Examining the history of attitudes and beliefs about autism and autistic people, this book highlights the ways that these beliefs are continuing to impact autistic individuals and their families, and offers insights as to how viewing these myths from an autistic perspective can facilitate the transformation of these myths into a more positive direction. From ‘savant syndrome’ to the conception that people with autism lack empathy, each chapter examines a different social myth – tracing its origins, highlighting the implications it has had for autistic individuals and their families, debunking misconceptions and reconstructing the myth with recommendations for current and future practice. By offering an alternative view of autistic individuals as competent and capable of constructing their own futures, this book offers researchers, practitioners, individuals and families a deeper, more accurate, more comprehensive understanding of prevalent views about the abilities of autistic individuals as well as practical ways to re-shape these into more proactive and supportive practices.
Naming Adult Autism
Author | : Dr. James McGrath |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-08-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781783480425 |
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Explores representations of ‘high-functioning’ adult autism in autobiographical, scientific and fictional texts to demonstrate the value of Cultural Studies towards understanding autism as a subjective condition and social category.
The Official Autism 101 Manual
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781510722552 |
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Gold IPPY Award winner for Book of the Year, medicine category. When you need answers to your questions about anything related to autism, including early diagnosis, therapies, the buzz about vaccinations, social skills, self-esteem, planning for the future, coping skills, music therapy, or solving reading problems, this master collection gives you practical and proven answers. The Official Autism 101 Manual is the most comprehensive book ever written on the subject of autism. Parents and professionals rave that this is your ultimate resource for understanding and responding to autism. With forty-four contributors—such as Temple Grandin, Bernard Rimland, Pat Wyman, Tony Attwood, Darold Treffert, and more—you learn from dozens of caring experts and supporters who bring you the best the autism community has to offer.
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
Author | : Sarah Kurchak |
Publsiher | : Douglas & McIntyre |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2020-04-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781771622479 |
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Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, Kurchak examines the Byzantine steps she took to become “an autistic success story,” how the process almost ruined her life and how she is now trying to recover. Growing up undiagnosed in small-town Ontario in the eighties and nineties, Kurchak realized early that she was somehow different from her peers. She discovered an effective strategy to fend off bullying: she consciously altered nearly everything about herself—from her personality to her body language. She forced herself to wear the denim jeans that felt like being enclosed in a sandpaper iron maiden. Every day, she dragged herself through the door with an elevated pulse and a churning stomach, nearly crumbling under the effort of the performance. By the time she was finally diagnosed with autism at twenty-seven, she struggled with depression and anxiety largely caused by the same strategy she had mastered precisely. She came to wonder, were all those years of intensely pretending to be someone else really worth it? Tackling everything from autism parenting culture to love, sex, alcohol, obsessions and professional pillow fighting, Kurchak’s enlightening memoir challenges stereotypes and preconceptions about autism and considers what might really make the lives of autistic people healthier, happier and more fulfilling.