| Description |
1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342) and indexes. |
| Summary |
This book is not only reassuring; it is inspiring, and bursting with ideas and achievable strategies. The authors write with authority and conviction, and tackle even the most difficult and delicate of topics. If ever you needed to be convinced that girls with ASD can overcome the difficulties and challenges of puberty and adolescence, have successful friendships and relationships and enjoy a healthy sexuality, then take the time to read this book-it is a must-have for families, teachers and therapists alike.".-Sarah Attwood, author of Making Sense of Sex: A Forthright Guide to Puberty. |
| Contents |
GIRLS GROWING UPON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; AUTHORS' NOTES; Chapter 1 What Do We Currently Know about Girls and Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders?; Chapter 2 Approaching Adolescence: Anticipation, Anxiety, Adaptation, and ... Acceptance?; Chapter 3 Puberty or "Do My Parents Know You're Here?"; Chapter 4 The Red Spot: Periods, Pads, and Pelvic Exams; Chapter 5 Feeling Good Inside and Out: Self-perception and Self-confi dence. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Autism in children.
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Autism in children. |
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Autism in adolescence.
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Autism in adolescence. |
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Girls -- Mental health.
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Girls -- Mental health. |
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Girls. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Girls. |
| Added Author |
Moravcik, Gina Marie.
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Tetenbaum, Samara Pulver.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nichols, Shana. Girls growing up on the autism spectrum. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009 1843108550 9781843108559 (DLC) 2008021126 (OCoLC)228631905 |
| ISBN |
9781846428852 (electronic book) |
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1846428858 (electronic book) |
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1282059394 |
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9781282059399 |
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9781843108559 (pb ; alkaline paper) |
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1843108550 (pb ; alkaline paper) |
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