Coming Out Asperger : Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence.

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Coming Out Asperger explores the complexity of diagnosis for Asperger Syndrome, the drawbacks and benefits of disclosing a diagnosis of a ''hidden disability, '' and how this impinges on self-esteem. The contributors include some of the best-known and most exciting writers in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murray, Dinah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
Subjects:
Asperger's syndrome.
Asperger's syndrome > Diagnosis.
Asperger's syndrome > Patients > Life skills guides.
Self-disclosure.
Self-perception.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Asperger Syndrome > psychology
Asperger Syndrome > diagnosis
Self Concept
Truth Disclosure
Asperger Syndrome
Self Disclosure
Syndrome d'Asperger.
Révélation de soi.
Perception de soi.
Consentement éclairé (Droit médical)
Counselling & Advice Services.
Disability: Social Aspects.
Coping With Disability.
Self-perception
Asperger's syndrome
Asperger's syndrome > Patients
Self-disclosure
Life skills guides
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction Dinah Murray; 1. To tell or not to tell: that is the Aspie1 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 N. Andrews.
  • 7. One that got away Dinah Murray8. 'Why's it all so difficult?' Sharing the diagnosis with the young person Philip Whitaker; 9. Telling peers at school about Asperger syndrome: thoughts on how and why Heta Pukki; 10. Disclosure at secondary school: sharing the news of Asperger syndrome with a young person's peer group Penny Barratt; 11. The Conversation Jennifer Overton; 12. Disclosure: talking about what makes us.

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