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Coming out Asperger : diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence /

This book explores the complexity of diagnosis for Asperger Syndrome, the drawbacks and benefits of disclosing a ""hidden disability,"" and how this impinges on self-esteem. The contributors include some of the best-known and most exciting writers in the field of AS today, and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Murray, Dinah, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • To tell or not to tell : that is the Aspie question / Liane Holliday Willey
  • Diagnosis in adults / Tony Attwood
  • Confidence, self-confidence and social confidence / Dinah Murray and Mike Lesser
  • Psychiatry and Asperger syndrome / Tom Berney
  • Being told or being told off? Reciprocity at the diagnostic interview / Michelle Dawson
  • Mental health issues surrounding diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence in the context of Asperger syndrome / David N. Andrews
  • One that got away / Dinah Murray
  • 'Why's it all so difficult?' Sharing the diagnosis with the young person / Philip Whitaker
  • Telling peers at school about Asperger syndrome : thoughts on how and why / Heta Pukki
  • Disclosure at secondary school : sharing the news of Asperger syndrome with a young person's peer group / Penny Barratt
  • The conversation / Jennifer Overton
  • Disclosure : talking about what makes us human / Stephen Shore
  • Disclosure : a parent's perspective / Jacqui Jackson
  • Coming out, various / Wendy Lawson
  • Diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence in sexuality and relationships / Lynne Moxon
  • Diagnosis in adulthood and community disclosure / Dora Georgiou
  • Coming out autisitic at work / Jane Meyerding
  • Disclosing to the authorities / Dennis Debbaudt.