The Autistic Spectrum: A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Softcover

Wing, Ms Lorna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841196746 ISBN 13: 9781841196749

Publisher: Robinson, 2003

Synopsis

Over 500,000 people of all ages in the UK have disorders in the autistic spectrum. About one-third also have varying degrees of learning difficulty. All have impairment of social interaction, communication and imagination - the world appears a bewildering and sometimes frightening place. Wing's acclaimed guide explains how people with autism experience the world and why they need an organized, structured environment. She suggests ways of improving communication, developing abilities and widening social interaction, and how to cope with stresses within the family.

About this title

About the Author

Lorna Wing OBE was a psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of childhood developmental disorders and in the understanding of autism worldwide. The mother to a daughter with autism, she devoted her career to autism research and practice, introducing the term Asperger Syndrome in 1976 and helping found the UK's National Autistic Society. She died in 2014.

From the Back Cover

THE BOOK THAT DOCTORS RECOMMEND FIRST TO PARENTS OF AN AUTISTIC CHILD

An estimated 50 million people of all ages worldwide have disorders in the autistic spectrum. About one-third also have varying degrees of learning difficulty. All have impairment of social interaction, communication and imagination - the world appears a bewildering and sometimes frightening place.

Lorna Wing was a psychiatric consultant for and co-founder of the UK's National Autistic Society, and the mother of an autistic daughter. Her acclaimed, authoritative guide explains how people with autism experience the world and why they need an organised, structured environment, presenting a window into the world of those with the disorder. Wing suggests ways of improving communication, developing abilities and widening social interaction, and how to cope with stresses within the family.

A lucid, sensitive, practical guide which has been recommended over and over again for 25 years, The Autistic Spectrum has been widely acknowledged as the definitive book on the subject. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction by Lorna Wing's friend and colleague Dr Judith Gould.

'I highly recommend this book ... it is obvious in each paragraph that she loves her subject. She is with the children, adolescents and adults she writes about' - Theo Peeters, Autism

'Authoritative, compassionate and commonsensical . . . an honest, sensitive and thorough introduction to understanding and living with autism . . . highly recommended' - Psychological Medicine

'Packed with down to earth, practical ideas . . . readable, interesting . . . informative . . . if you buy only one title about autism this year it should be this one' - Collette Dritte, Nursery World

Edition details

• Publisher: Robinson
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841196746
• ISBN 13: 9781841196749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256