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Deaf Transitions
Images and Origins of Deaf Families, Deaf Communities and Deaf Identities
Mairian Corker
This book is a fascinating exploration of how deaf people place themselves in the contexts of both family and community, and forge their own identities. Corker lets her subjects speak for themselves through original writings and interviews, drawing from a cross-section of deaf society which spans gender, race, culture and sexual orientation. Learn More1996, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.14in / 231mm x 156mm, 223pp, CA$44.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-326-2 -
Autism: An Inside-Out Approach
An Innovative Look at the 'Mechanics' of 'Autism' and its Developmental 'Cousins'
Donna Williams
This book, written by an autistic person for people with autism and related disorders, carers, and the professionals who work with them, is a practical handbook to understanding, living with and working with autism. It shows clearly how the behaviours associated with autism can have a range of different causes. Learn More1996, 336pp -
Anorexics on Anorexia
Edited by Rosemary Shelley
Recovering sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa describe in their own words their personal experiences of this illness, providing not only support for fellow sufferers but also invaluable insights for the families of sufferers and for carers and professionals. Learn More1997, 160pp -
Through the Eyes of Aliens
A Book about Autistic People
Jasmine Lee O'Neill
This is a positive description of how it feels to be autistic and how friends, family and professionals can be more sensitive to the needs of autistic people. Lee O'Neill perceives the imagination and keenly-felt sensory world of the autistic person as gifts. She challenges the reader to accept their difference and celebrate their uniqueness. Learn More1998, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 144pp, CA$28.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-710-91998, Ebook, ePUB, 144pp, CA$28.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-098-9 -
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. Learn More1998, 240pp -
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. Learn More1998, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.10in / 233mm x 155mm, 192pp, CA$24.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-718-52009, Ebook, PDF, 192pp, CA$24.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-579-3 -
Discovering My Autism
Apologia Pro Vita Sua (With Apologies to Cardinal Newman)
Edgar Schneider
Edgar Schneider is believed to be a high-functioning autistic with attention deficit disorder. In this book he reflects on his experiences and memories of his childhood and teenage years as a clever and artistic loner. He explains how in order to experience 'emotions' such as grief, sympathy or desire, he must intellectualise or aestheticise them. Learn More1999, 144pp -
Lifemaps of People with Learning Disabilities
Barry Gray and Geoff Ridden
This book contains 14 biographies written by people of all ages who have a learning disability. The authors discuss how these stories might be representative of other people with learning disabilities and what key themes may be identified from the stories. The pictorial form is accessible to people with learning disabilities. Learn More1999, 144pp -
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. Learn More2000, CD-Audio, 9.21in x 6.14in / 234mm x 156mm, CA$49.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-899-1 -
Life Behind Glass
A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Wendy Lawson
Wendy Lawson has an autism spectrum disorder. She is now a mother of four with two university degrees; she is a social worker and adult educator, and operates her own business. She is also a poet and a writer, sharing her understanding of autism with others to help 'build a bridge…from my world to theirs'. Life Behind Glass is part of that bridge. Learn More2000, 128pp
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