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My Son Fred: Living with Autism. How Could You Manage? I Couldn't. I Did

It Anyway.

ISBN-13: 9781843103127
Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
By Maud Deckmar
Price: AUD $53.99
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Local release date: 16/03/2005
Format: Paperback 224 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Autism & Asperger's Syndrome [MJNA]

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Google Preview: Maud Deckmar is a writer, lecturer and artist. She lives in a small village in the north of Sweden and has two grown-up children; her eldest +â-ó+óGÇÜ-¼+óGé¼+ô a son +â-ó+óGÇÜ-¼+óGé¼+ô has autism and is intellectually disabled. Maud gives frequent lectures and courses about her life experiences. She has worked comprehensively with quality monitoring and quality development in the area of services for people with intellectual disabilities, and has also taught courses in personal development.; To us a child is born. People around us. Another baby - will I dare? ''Just for today'' is all I can handle. As if he wasn't there. Lights - camera - action. Pre-school. A few minutes of rest in borrowed peace and quiet or The difference between real solutions and makeshift ones. School. The children's group home. It has have always been us needing the staff; they have never needed us. Are you a bad person when you can't cope any longer? Moving to an own apartment. The police report. When a member of the staff leaves - is it because he/she has died? He's started at the day centre - or the tale of Budget andReality. To forgive yourself. My fears right now. Moving on.; This book is written from the perspective of a Swedish mum of a boy with autism and an intellectual disability, now in his 20's. She gives a very moving and honest account of her life with her son from babyhood to adulthood. This book affirms the experience of many families of children with ASD and as such is very valuable to families and professionals alike.; Google Preview content

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My Son Fred: Living with Autism. How Could You Manage? I Couldn't. I Did

It Anyway.