Eating an Artichoke

A Mother's Perspective on Asperger Syndrome

Echo R. Fling

For five years, Echo Fling accompanied her son Jimmy to doctors, medical specialists, learning consultants and psychologists. Aged ten, Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. This is the book that Echo needed when she first set out to have Jimmy diagnosed, and it will enable parents and teachers to understand and help other children with AS. more »

2000, Paperback: £14.99/ $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-711-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp

Keywords: Asperger syndrome, children, families, memoirs, parenting

Nobody Nowhere

A music CD

Donna Williams

This music CD features poems written or co-written by Donna Williams set to music which she has composed. The poems provide a personal insight, revealing to the non-autistic how the world appears to the autistic person. more »

2000, Compact Disc: £17.66 + VAT = £21.19/ $31.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-899-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 3 minutes

Keywords: Asperger syndrome, memoirs

Karina Has Down Syndrome

One Family's Account of the Early Years with a Child who has Special Needs

Cheryl Rogers and Gun Dolva

Since their initial shock at their daughter's disability, Karina's parents have experienced the challenges and joys of raising a child with special needs. This is the account of Karina's first six years, as told to Cheryl Rogers. It is a valuable resource for the families of Down Syndrome children, teachers and disability service workers. more »

1999, Paperback: £16.99/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-820-5, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp

Keywords: Down's syndrome, families, intellectual disabilities, memoirs, parenting

Marching to a Different Tune

Diary About an ADHD Boy

Jacky Fletcher

This book gives an essential new perspective to the understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - it describes this complex set of behaviours from the inside. It complements and deepens the clinical presentation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, at a time when this diagnosis is being applied to more and more children. more »

1999, Paperback: £16.99/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-810-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 128pp

Keywords: ADHD, children, memoirs, occupational therapy

Pretending to be Normal

Living with Asperger's Syndrome

Liane Holliday Willey

This book tells the story of a woman who, after years of self-doubt and self-denial, learned to embrace her Asperger's syndrome traits. Chronicling her life as a university lecturer, writer, wife and mother, Liane Holliday Willey shares, with insight and warmth, the daily struggles and challenges that face many of those who have AS. more »

1999, Paperback: £12.95/ $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-749-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp

Keywords: adults, Asperger syndrome, memoirs

Nobody Nowhere

The Remarkable Autobiography of an Autistic Girl

Donna Williams

Nobody Nowhere is an account of the soul of someone who lived the word 'autism' and survived in an unsympathetic environment despite intense inner chaos and incomprehension. It describes how, against the odds, Donna came to live independently, achieve a place at university, and write this remarkable autobiography. more »

1998, Paperback: £13.99/ $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-718-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp

Keywords: Asperger syndrome, memoirs

Somebody Somewhere

Breaking Free from the World of Autism

Donna Williams

This book takes us deeper into Williams' journey. She recounts the funny, sometimes harrowing awakenings arising from sessions with a cognitive psychologist. We travel with her in her breakthroughs in working with autistic children and adults like her, as she finally finds a way of 'simply being' among others, without selling out who she really is. more »

1998, Paperback: £13.99
ISBN: 978-1-85302-719-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp

Keywords: adults, Asperger syndrome, memoirs

Like Colour to the Blind

Soul Searching and Soul Finding

Donna Williams

In Donna's relationship with Ian, a man with difficulties related to her own, we watch the two of them break through their rock-solid emotional barriers and dare to defy all the rules imposed by the autistic condition of 'exposure anxiety'. Their struggle is told with Donna's characteristic humour, insight and sense of fragility. more »

1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-720-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp

Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, memoirs

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