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 Hamburger Syndrome:A Story of Adult Autism by Kascia Hanska © 2010, 68 pp. Softcover, ISBN: 978-1-59712-361-7, $14.95. Autism is becoming a common diagnosis for school age children through age 21. There are many resources for those children. The options for adults, however, are very limited. According to a recent Chicago Tribune article, parents of children with autism have serious concerns about what may become of their child. Today, the vast majority of adults with autism are unemployed and live with their parents. Those who live on their own are usually those with higher functioning autism or aspergers syndrome, and are not the norm. This book, Hamburger Syndrome, portrays the story of one man diagnosed with classic autism as a child and who still retains many of the problem features as an adult, including cognitive deficits. Yet he is living on his own and working in the community with support from various agencies. His story is fascinating in its own right, but especially so for those who have a stake in the future of those with autism. These issues and others regarding adult autism are explored in a cartoon format in this highly original and entertaining book. “Dr. Kascia Hanska” is a college professor at a small, private college in New England and a licensed Psychologist. She has taught Psychology for over four decades, written numerous professional articles and a popular book on autism, and reviews new autism books for libraries. She has chosen to use a pseudonym for this book to protect the identities of the participants. |
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 Send Forth Your LightThe Story of Greg Edmisten and the Foscoe Community by Melanie Byrd Edmisten Hollar © 2006, 232 pp. Hardcover. ISBN: 1-933251-12-3. $19.95. Send Forth Your Light is a selected collection of columns from the "Foscoe News" section in the Watauga Democrat between 1999 and 2002. Highlighting her husband's battle with cancer and the couple's faith through the long struggle, this book also details the seasons of life in Foscoe and celebrates the stories of beloved neighbors and friends. |
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 Playing in the Rain:Insights and Ideas on Fatherhood by John G. Hastings © 2004, 64 pp. Hardcover. ISBN: 1-887905-76-6. $12.50. John Hastings presents a number of ideas that illustrate how fathers can spend quality time with their children and make memories that will last a lifetime. Kurt Michael, a psychologist, says, “if I could pick out a parenting manual without technical jargon or convoluted theoretical statements, this would be my choice.” John Hastings is an entrepreneur and a small business owner. He lives with his wife Tracy and two children in beautiful Valle Crucis, North Carolina. |
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 New Millennium FamiliesHow You Can Soar above the Coming Flood of Change by Michael Blackwell © 2000, iv, 146 pp., Index, Hardcover. ISBN: 1-887905-21-9. $16.95. Eroded by flash floods of ridicule over the past few decades, the American family now braces against a New Millennium of accelerating stress, strains and shock. Yet Michael C. Blackwell, who knows the situation as well as anyone, and better than most, insists The New Millennium Family can "soar" above the floods of change. He knows whereof he speaks. He, as the president of Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina since 1983, worked with damaged children and fractured families up close and personal. New Millennium Families is an exciting plan of practical, specific solutions to problems with inspirational assurance for families facing their personal undertows. "Soaring" demands work, commitment, trust and discipline--but it also turns surging waves of disaster into rainbows of hope. |
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 Living with Autism:The Parents' Stories by Kathleen Dillon © 1995, 235 pp., Illustrations, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, Softcover, ISBN: 0-9635752-7-9. $19.95 - OUT OF PRINT This book is addressed to the parents of children who have been diagnosed with autism as it gives glimpses of life ahead and it informs them of successful coping strategies. It will also help professionals such as psychologists, special education teachers, pediatricians, and respite workers become aware of the needs of parents of children with autism. There is no cure for autism and the children's problems persist in some form into and throughout adulthood. Somehow, despite the overwhelming odds, parents of children with autism not only manage to cope with these challenges, but also transcend them and find meaning and fulfillment in their lonely struggles. The author, Kathleen Dillon, is a professor of Psychology at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts and a psychologist in private practice. Reviews: "Reading this book was ENERGIZING. It is the best book for parents of children with autism that I have read. It has taken me years to get the perspective that Dillon provides with her scholarly and sensitive depictions. What a help it would have been to read this when my son was first diagnosed!" Linda Demer, M.D., Ph.D. |
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 Living with Painby Kathleen Dillon © 2002, 176 pp., ISBN: 1-887905-47-2. $19.95 - OUT OF PRINT Every day, people all over the world are tormented and that torment can last for years. That torment is not caused by outside sources, however; rather, it comes from within - the torment of chronic pain. Kathleen, professor of psychology at Western New England College, explores the unsettling truth that many people today are in pain and that they are not receiving sufficient relief from that pain. Kathleen Dillon is the author of Living with Autism: the Parents' Stories. |
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