Coming out Asperger : diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence /: diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Dinah Murray.
• Other Names: Murray, Dinah, 1946-
• Contents: Introduction Dinah Murray. 1.To Tell or not To Tell, That is the Aspie Question. Liane Holliday Willey. 2. Diagnosis in Adults. Tony Attwood. 3. Confidence, Self-Confidence and Social Confidence. Dinah Murray and Mike Lesser. 4. Psychiatry and Asperger Syndrome. Tom Berney. 5. Being Told or Being Told Off: Reciprocity at the Diagnostic Interview. Michelle Dawson. 6. Mental Health Issues Surrounding Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence in the Context of Asperger Syndrome. David Andrews. 7. One That Got Away Dinah Murray. 8.`Why's it all so difficult?' Sharing the Diagnosis with the Young Person Philip Whitaker. 9. Telling Peers at School about AS - Thoughts on How and Why. Heta Pukki. 10. Disclosure at Secondary School. Penny Barratt. 11. The Conversation. Jennifer Overton. 12. Disclosure: Talking About What Makes Us Human. Stephen Shore. 13. Disclosure: A Parent's Perspective Jacqui Jackson. 14. Coming Out, Various. Wendy Lawson. 15. Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence in Sexuality and Relationships. Lynne Moxon. 16. Diagnosis in Adulthood and Community Disclosure. Dora Georgiou. 17. Coming Out Autistic at Work. Jane Meyerding. 18. Disclosing to the Authorities. Dennis Debbaudt. Contributor biographies. Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 616.85/8832; Counselling & Advice Services; Asperger's syndrome; Asperger's syndrome -- Diagnosis; Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Life skills guides; Self-disclosure; Asperger Syndrome -- psychology; Asperger Syndrome -- diagnosis; Self Concept; Truth Disclosure; Disability: Social Aspects; Coping With Disability
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846424502
• Related ISBNs: 184642450X
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