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BL
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956930
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b711300
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| Main Entry
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Cohen, Judith H.
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| Title & Author
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Succeeding with autism : : hear my voice /\ Judith H. Cohen ; foreword by Temple Grandin.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Philadelphia :: Jessica Kingsley Publishers,, 2005.
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1 online resource (240 pages)
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| ISBN
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1846420881
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: 9781846420887
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1843107937
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Meeting Michael -- So this is college -- From diagnosis through the early childhood years -- The most difficult childhood years -- Childhood after the hospital -- Becoming a "man" at age thirteen -- High school : things greatly improve -- The world of work and the rough road to success -- Adult life -- Being Michael : multiple perspectives -- Being Michael : from Michael -- Reviewing my life for this book : essay from Michael.
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| Abstract
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'One day I naively asked Michael what's it like to be autistic. He replied, ''I don't know. I've always been autistic.'''.-from Succeeding with Autism. Michael is a young man who has succeeded in managing his autism and is experiencing success in life despite a diagnosis that might have predicted only disability and despair. He did not talk in early childhood and displayed the classic traits of a severely autistic child, but he has broken out of his silence to help others to learn from his insights and experiences. An explosion of newly diagnosed cases of autism has resulted in a keen interes.
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Autism.
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Autistic people, Biography.
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Autism.
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Autistic people.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Medical.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Psychopathology-- Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Autistic Disorder.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.85/882/0092B
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RC553.A88C64 2005eb
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