Autistic and Expecting: Practical Support for Parents-To-Be and Health and Social Care Practitioners - Softcover

Alexis Quinn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191401085X ISBN 13: 9781914010859

Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

A practical, solution-focused guide to managing pregnancy, childbirth and the post-natal period for autistic parents and the health and social care practitioners who support them.

Autistic and Expecting is the first book of its kind to be written specifically for autistic parents. The author is an autistic mother who experienced a mental health crisis after a poorly supported pregnancy and childbirth. She voices the experiences of many autistic parents, and addresses the issues that they face collectively and individually.

The book provides a practical, insightful and solution-focused guide to empower autistic parents from pre-conception through to the first few months with their baby. It is sensitively illustrated and provides the information, resources and confidence autistic parents need to advocate for themselves, as well as to develop positive relationships with the professionals involved in their care. It is also a useful resource for health and social care practitioners, detailing how to provide reasonably adjusted care with the best outcomes for autistic people and their babies.

About this title

About the Author

<b>ALEXIS QUINN</b> is a former teacher and professional athlete, and author of the ground-breaking memoir <i>Unbroken</i>. Soon after Alexis gave birth to her first child, her youngest brother died. She asked for help from services and responded autistically to the ‘help’. She was then detained under the Mental Health Act for three and half years before escaping to Africa. <br><br> On conceiving her second child, Alexis decided that autistic people should not have to enter pregnancy worrying about being misunderstood, marginalised and traumatised. She connected with other autistic parents and was saddened at the scarce resources she found. Determined not to repeat the events of the past, Alexis took matters into her own hands and, assuming a human rights approach to her second pregnancy, succeeded in having a ‘perfect’ autistic birth experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191401085X
• ISBN 13: 9781914010859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 285