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Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum: What Parents and Professionals Should Know About the Pre-teen and Teenage Years | 
 enlarge | Authors: Shana Nichols, Gina Marie Moravcik, Samara Pulver Tetenbaum
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 195807
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1843108550
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.9285882
EAN: 9781843108559
ASIN: 1843108550
Publication Date: November 15, 2008
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Product Description
Growing up isn't easy, and the trials and tribulations of being a teenager can be particularly confusing for girls with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). This book covers all the concerns commonly faced by girls with ASDs and their parents, from periods and puberty to worries over friendships and fitting in .
Taking a good look at these adolescent issues, and many more, within the context of specific areas of difficulty for girls with ASDs, the authors provide families with the knowledge and advice they need to help their daughters and the whole family through the teenage years. This book addresses core issues such as cognition, communication, behavior, sensory sensitivities, and social difficulties; it gives candid and realistic advice on a wide range of important teenage topics.
Providing professional perspectives alongside personal experiences from mothers, daughters and educators, this is a unique and comprehensive resource for families and their daughters with ASDs, as well as the teachers and professionals who work with them.
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Compassionate, helpful & readable December 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very helpful for parents of autistic girls, as well as for educators and those who work with girls on the autistic spectrum. It delicately and compassionately handles the particular problems that girls on the autistic spectrum face as they go through puberty. It makes excellent suggestions and gives tangible ideas to both the autistic girl and her parents as the youngster makes the transition from child to young woman. The book is very well researched, yet remains very readable. It can certainly help parents to feel that they are not "alone" and that the authors really have studied this and know what they are talking about. Highly recommended.
Excellent and much-needed resource December 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is thorough, quite parent-friendly, and valuable. It has a lot of practical suggestions for everything from teaching autistic young women how to handle their menstrual cycles to addressing the issue of fashion/trends to the potential physiological bases for the different manifestations of autism in boys and girls.
The sections on sexuality are, IMO, particularly valuable: parents of people with disabilities often don't want to face these issues because the future can be so scary to contemplate. I saw Shana Nichols talk on this topic at a conference and it was a real eye-opener for me.
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