Description
Preface.; A Note on Terminology.; 1. Getting the diagnosis or 'I'm an Asparagus but I'm not green'.; 2. Deciding on assessment or 'They must be weird too'.; 3. Going through an assessment or 'Gloriously gabbling on'.; 4. Some details about diagnostic criteria or 'Why Harry Potter would tie a pair of knickers to Hedwig's leg'.; 5. Social communication or 'So how was your day?'.; 6. Social imagination or' a perfectly good squirrel'.; 7. Sensory preferences and other stuff or 'brace yourself for the bullet points'.; 8. Repetitive behaviours or 'repetitive behaviours...repetitive behaviours...repetitive behaviours'.; 9. AS in the family or 'being Pollyanna'.; 10. Sharing the news or 'being an ally for Asperger's'.; 11. Strategies that help or 'you have stepped unknowingly in a massive pile of poo'.; 12. Asperger's Syndrome or 'I'm the last of my kind'.; 13. The Present and the Future or 'not barking like a dog'.; Index.