The emotional lives of young people with autism :: parents' voices from the UK and Taiwan /

This study questions the validity of the American Psychiatric Association's definition of autism, and offers evidence that even non-verbal children have an emotional life. Drawing on data from a series of intimate interviews with the parents of children with autism from three different cultures...

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Hauptverfasser: Wu, Hui-Fen (VerfasserIn), Perepa, Prithvi (VerfasserIn), Billington, Tom, 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:This study questions the validity of the American Psychiatric Association's definition of autism, and offers evidence that even non-verbal children have an emotional life. Drawing on data from a series of intimate interviews with the parents of children with autism from three different cultures, namely the UK, India and Taiwan, the reader is shown how children with autism have emotional competence and do experience both negative and positive emotions. Parents of children with autism have to make many sacrifices and worry about their child's ability to become independent. Good parent-teacher re.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 300 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781527536227
152753622X

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