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Breaking Autism's Barriers: A Father's Story de Wendy Goldband Schunick

Breaking Autism's Barriers: A Father's Story

Wendy Goldband Schunick Autor Bill Davis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2001
Few books about autism have been written from a father's perspective. None so effectively walks the reader through each moment of a family's experience. It is an honest, direct account from a father's point of view of bringing up a child with autism, and the pressures and pleasures this brings to him, his wife Jae and his daughter Jessica.
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ISBN-13: 9781853029790
ISBN-10: 1853029793
Pagini: 399
Dimensiuni: 153 x 237 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd

Notă biografică

Bill Davis has trained and spoken to many Police Departments, Fire Fighters, Ambulance workers, State Troopers, Group Home workers, Emergency Room workers, Universities, parents and Support Groups. Recently, he has received the Temple University's Center of Disabilities "End the Victim's Silence Advocacy Award". He has also been cited by the PA State Senate for work with the Police and the Disabled. He was a speaker at the PA Crime Commission Conference 2002 and at the Penn State Autism Conference 2002, and keynote speaker at Chapter Leaders ASA (Autism Society of America) in Dallas 2000. He is also past president of the Harrisburg Chapter ASA. Wendy Goldband Schunick has a Master's degree in social work and has been a television news producer in Washington DC and Baltimore. She was presented the World Hunger Media Award at the United Nations for a series about hunger in America, before deciding to start a family. She is currently a marketing writer.

Descriere

In this intimate glimpse of the experience of raising an autistic child from a father's perspective, a leading autism advocate gives parents useful information on overcoming barriers to diagnosis, effective education, skilled therapists, and funding.

Cuprins

Introduction: Tattooed for Life. 1. The beginning. 2. Finding appropriate education. 3. Daily life. 4. Advocacy and education. 5. Learning to cope. 6. Inspiration. Index.