商品簡介
The recognition of female presentation of behaviors in the autism spectrum has happened only in recent years. Hendrickx, who has a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder herself, provides her experiences and insights covering all phases of life: relationships, sexuality, employment, pregnancy, aging, parenting, and education. Seventeen chapters are: women get autism too; considering autism spectrum disorder in females; infancy and childhood; childhood relationships; adolescence; education; discovering autism as an adult; you don’t look autistic; adult relationships; sexuality and gender identity; personal relationships; pregnancy and parenting; health and well-being; employment; ageing with autism; the ideal life; final words. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Sarah Hendrickx has a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is author of six books on the subject of autism and speaks at conferences worldwide. Sarah runs Hendrickx Associates, an autism and neurodiversity focused training, consultancy and support business. She lives West Sussex, UK, in a very crowded house with her (mostly autistic) family and autistic partner, Keith, and likes to travel to remote places on her bicycle to escape from them whenever she can.
