Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence, and Identity : Looking Beyond the Label

by Harvey Molloy , Latika Vasil

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 1843101262

ISBN-13 9781843101260

Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 15th, 2004

Print length 176 Pages

Weight 278 grams

Dimensions 15.70 x 23.30 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Age groups: adolescents Psychiatry

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This book is based on extensive interviews with adolescents diagnosed with AS. It includes six life stories, which present an authentic and fascinating look at the lives of the teenagers and how AS has shaped their growing identities. The stories provide the basis for a discussion of common themes and issues facing teenagers with AS.

How do teenagers with Asperger Syndrome view themselves and their own lives?This book is based on extensive interviews with adolescents diagnosed with AS. It includes six life stories, written in collaboration with the teenagers themselves. These present an authentic and fascinating look at the lives of the teenagers and how AS has shaped their growing identities. The stories provide the basis for a discussion of common themes and issues facing teenagers with AS. Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence, and Identity also questions the medicalized deficit approach to Asperger Syndrome and discusses the social repercussions of labeling teenagers as having AS.

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