Lucy's Story

Autism and Other Adventures

Lucy Blackman

Paperback: £19.99 / $33.95

2001, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 296pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-042-3, BIC 2: VFJD BG
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Editors' Note. Foreword by Dr Tony Attwood. Glossary. Prologue. April 1992-June 1993. Chapter 1. Little Lucy: Taste, Touch and Tantrums. Chapter 2. Little Lucy: Vision and Voids. Chapter 3. Little Lucy: The Glass Carillon. Chapter 4. Little Lucy Goes to School. Chapter 5. Big Lucy, 1986: Age 10-14. Chapter 6. Language Without Speech: Age 14. Chapter 7 Life with Typed Language, 1987: Age 14. Chapter 8. The New Me, August 1987-June 1988: Age 16-17. Chapter 9. More About Me, High School 1988-1989: Age 16-17. Chapter 10. Family Matters, Summer 1989-1990: Age 17. Chapter 11. School Matters, 1990: Age 17. Chapter 12. Curriculum and Communication, 1990: Age 17. Chapter 13. Typing and Talking, 1990: Age 17-18. Chapter 14. A Question of Touch, 1991: Age 18. Chapter 15. Looking to the Future, 1991: Age 19. Chapter 16. Going to America, October 1991-January 1992. Chapter 17. Earphones and Reggae, January 1992. Chapter 18 An Exciting, Frightening Journey, January-February 1992. Chapter 19. Mapping My Enchanted World, February 1992. Chapter 20. The Lens of the Kaleidoscope, March 1992. Afterword by Dr Tony Attwood.

Author information

• Lucy Blackman

Subject areas

• Fiction & Memoirs
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• augmentative communication,
• autism,
• memoirs,
• occupational therapy,
• speech and language pathology

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