Been there, done that--try this! : an Aspie's guide to life on earth
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
616.858832/BEEN
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014
©2014
©2014
DESCRIPTION
335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781849059640, 1849059640 :, 1849059640, 9781849059640
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
The world's Aspie mentors pass on their insights for successful living! Temple Grandin, Anita Lesko, Liane Holliday Willey, Jennifer O'Toole and many others, offer words of wisdom based on their own personal experiences coping with key stressors including anxiety, self-esteem, careers, friendship, and love
CONTENTS
Preface --
The 17 stressors --
Overcoming anxiety --
Overcoming poor self-esteem --
Accepting and working with change --
Living with meltdowns --
Overcoming depression --
Living with sensory issues --
Making and keeping friends --
Living with personal management issues --
Understanding and succeeding with intimacy, dating, sex and marriage --
Understanding and expressing emotions --
"Faking it" --
Getting and keeping a job --
Disclosing a diagnosis --
Bullying --
Choosing a career --
Improving empathetic attunement --
Should I be tested for Asperger's/HFA? --
About the Aspie mentors --
Meet the Aspie mentors --
Contributing artists --
Appendix : the survey questionnaire --
Links and resources