The Hidden World of Autism: Writing and Art

Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK. Presents a collection of writings and drawings contributed by 21 autistic children. Covers topics that help explain the common experiences of children with autism, including friendships, relationships, feelings, bullying, the future, problems with being listened to. For psychologists and families. Softcover.

Rebecca Chilvers is a research psychologist. She has worked in the Social Communication Disorders Clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London for over three years and specialises in working with children with high-functioning autism

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Notes for reading and using: The Hidden World of Autism	p. 12
A note about the children's contributions	p. 15
What's so Different about Me? Life on the Autistic Spectrum	p. 17
Comorbidity in autism	p. 21
Perspectives through poetry	p. 27
Telling children about their diagnosis	p. 29
Summary	p. 30
School	p. 31
Behavioural problems in the classroom and their link to social communication difficulties	p. 32
Educational attainment	p. 33
Fitting in at school	p. 34
Help with social relationships at school	p. 37
Support in school	p. 38
Starting a new school: A recollection and a story	p. 41
Summary	p. 53
Me, My Friends and My Family	p. 55
Does having an autistic child in the family change family relationships	p. 56
Friendships	p. 64
Summary	p. 68
Those Things that I Do - Obsessions and Special Interests	p. 69
Special interests in earlier childhood	p. 75
Lessons from obsessions - how they can be used positively in everyday life	p. 81
Using obsessions and special interests more widely	p. 83
Creating tools to help children use special interests	p. 83
Using special interests as rewards and incentives	p. 84
Does everyone with autism have this collection of behaviours and interests?	p. 84
Future directions	p. 85
Summary	p. 86
The Future	p. 87
Navigating outcome research - making sense of the studies	p. 88
Perspectives on outcome: From Asperger to the present	p. 88
Educational outcome	p. 89
Employment	p. 90
Psychiatric issues	p. 91
Social and interpersonal outcome	p. 91
Children's writing about the future	p. 92
Summary	p. 103
References	p. 105
Biographies	p. 109
Index	p. 121
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The Hidden World of Autism: Writing and Art by Children With High-functioning Autism

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