Asperger's and Girls: World-Renowned Experts Join Those with Asperger's Syndrome to Resolve Issues That Girls and Women Face Every Day! (Unabridged) Asperger's and Girls: World-Renowned Experts Join Those with Asperger's Syndrome to Resolve Issues That Girls and Women Face Every Day! (Unabridged)

Asperger's and Girls: World-Renowned Experts Join Those with Asperger's Syndrome to Resolve Issues That Girls and Women Face Every Day! (Unabridged‪)‬

Tony Attwood and Others
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Publisher Description

Winner of the Gold Award in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year competition, this groundbreaking book describes the unique challenges of women and girls with Asperger's Syndrome. In it you'll hear candid stories written by the indomitable women who have lived them. You'll also hear from experts who discuss whether Aspie girls are slipping under the radar, undiagnosed; why many AS women feel like a minority within a minority (outnumbered by men 4:1); practical solutions school systems can implement for girls; social tips for teenage girls, navigating puberty, the transition to work or university, and the importance of careers.

Helpful chapters include:


The Pattern of Abilities and Development of Girls with Asperger's Syndrome
Asperger's Syndrome in Women: A Different Set of Challenges?
Educating the Female Student with Asperger's
Girl to Girl: Advice on Friendship, Bullying, and Fitting In
Preparing for Puberty and Beyond
The Launch: Negotiating the Transition from High School to the Great Beyond
Aspie Do's and Don'ts: Dating, Relationships, and Marriage
Maternal Instincts in Asperger' Syndrome
For Me, a Good Career Gave Life Meaning

GENRE
Science & Nature
NARRATOR
FW
Francie Wyck
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
05:31
hr min
RELEASED
2017
March 27
PUBLISHER
Future Horizons
PRESENTED BY
Audible.com
SIZE
260.9
MB

Customer Reviews

payitniwfeature ,

Outdated

Written in 2002 (I believe). Very outdated information. Seems to be more relative to ASD2 than ASD1/Asperger’s. The narration is very difficult to listen too. It’s so bad that I can’t even finish it and deeply regret the purchase.

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