Author : Latika Vasil,Harvey Molloy
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 184642044X
Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence, and Identity by Latika Vasil,Harvey Molloy Pdf
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.