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Life Behind Glass $45.00 Life Behind Glass by Wendy Lawson. For Wendy Lawson the world is indeed a strange place. It is noisy, confusing and full of contradictions. And the people in it are distant and make no sense: why do they laugh and cry? Why don’t they say what they mean? Wendy lived with feelings of disconnection, anxiety and confusion for 40 years before she was correctly diagnosed with autism, or more specifically Asperger’s Syndrome. [ More Information ]	Understanding and Working with the Spectrum of Autism: An Insider’s View $45.00 Understanding and Working with the Spectrum of Autism: An Insider’s View. By Wendy Lawson. To many of the people who live or work with an individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the processes by which those with autism make sense of the world around them may seem mysterious. In this book Wendy Lawson demonstrates these processes using comparisons from the non-ASD world to help professionals, families and carers to relate to and communicate with people with ASD better. [ More Information ]	The Passionate Mind $60.00 The Passionate Mind: How Individuals with Autism Learn by Wendy Lawson. Wendy examines traditional theories about the autism spectrum (AS) and reveals their gaps and shortcomings. Showing that a completely different way of thinking about AS is needed, she sets forward the theory of Single Attention and Associated Cognition in Autism (SAACA), an approach that explains autism in terms of the unique learning style of AS individuals. [ More Information ]
ASPoetry $40.00 ASPOETRY: Illustrated poems from an Aspie Life by Wendy Lawson. Wendy’s well-known poetry reflects the many aspects of a life lived with Asperger’s Syndrome. In this illustrated collection of poems and short prose pieces, including some from her childhood and teenage years, Wendy engages with her past and present, writing frankly about childhood, self-discovery, adulthood and friendship. Her poetry also conveys the day-to-day challenges presented by divorce, bereavement, emigration, disclosing homosexuality and Asperger’s Syndrome. [ More Information ]	Build Your Own Life $45.00 Build Your Own Life by Wendy Lawson. In this book, Wendy guides others on the autism spectrum through the confusing map of life, tackling the building bricks of social existence one by one with humour, insight and practical suggestions. Exploring what it is like to be an adult in an alien world, she looks at the concepts of ‘self’ and ‘other’ and talks about the people in our lives – how to relate to them, how we can use their support and how we can protect ourselves in the process. [ More Information ]	Concepts of Normality $50.00 By Wendy Lawson. For those with autism, understanding ’normal’ can be a difficult task. For those without autism, the perception of ’normal’ can lead to unrealistic expectations of self and others. This book explores how individuals and society understand ’normal’, in order to help demystify and make accessible a full range of human experience. [ More Information ]
Sex, Sexuality and the Autism Spectrum $50.00 Sex, Sexuality and the Autism Spectrum by Wendy Lawson. Wendy draws upon her own experience to examine the implications of being autistic on relationships, sex and sexuality. Having discussed subjects such as basic sex education and autism, the author goes further to explore the wider issues of interpersonal relationships, same sex attraction, bisexuality and transgender issues. She also examines the unspoken rules that exist between people in relationships and explains why these rules can be difficult and confusing for people with autism. [ More Information ]	Understanding and Working with Autism: Wendy Lawson $65.00 Understanding and Working with Autism: Wendy Lawson - Wendy Lawson is an adult with an autism spectrum disorder. Wendy prefers the word ‘diffability’ to disorder or disability and her research seeks to explore what being differently ‘abled’ means in the world of neuro-diversity. This is a 1 hour DVD that gives you great insights and ideas from a person with an ASD. Wendy reflects on herself as a child, at school, teenage and beyond. Her insights give us valuable insights into people with an ASD, and how they interact differently. Live Recording of session held in Sydney 2009 [ More Information ]
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