Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability

Being a teenager is tricky at the best of times.

Being a teenager is tricky at the best of times.

Parenting isn't easy, and parenting a child with a Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, or Autism can be challenging.

The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy takes an in-depth look at the key elements of effective, respectful, inclusive advocacy and allyship.

In this updated edition, Olga Bogdashina provides a theoretical foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism.

Have you ever been told you are chatty or fidgety at school?

This delightful revised edition of All Dogs Have ADHD takes an inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

This honest, to-the-point guide illuminates the experience of young Autistic girls and explores the situations they can easily fall victim to.

If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might struggle with things like concentrating in school, or sitting still, or remembering lots of instructions.

If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might struggle with things like concentrating in school, or sitting still, or remembering lots of instructions.

The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy takes an in-depth look at the key elements of effective, respectful, inclusive advocacy and allyship.

In this updated edition, Olga Bogdashina provides a theoretical foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism.

This delightful revised edition of All Dogs Have ADHD takes an inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Parenting isn't easy, and parenting a child with a Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, or Autism can be challenging.

Have you ever been told you are chatty or fidgety at school?

This honest, to-the-point guide illuminates the experience of young Autistic girls and explores the situations they can easily fall victim to.

Retirement can open the door to freedom, but it can also leave a surprising social gap.

Retirement can open the door to freedom, but it can also leave a surprising social gap.

The prognosis for individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is improving, with some men with DMD living into their 30s and 40s.

The prognosis for individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is improving, with some men with DMD living into their 30s and 40s.

'Seeing Voices is both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language' - Evening Standard Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar - for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of silence, but also to live in a world where the visual is paramount.

Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life.

For people on the autism spectrum dating is so often an elusive art form, requiring the very skills--in communication, and in social perception--that don't come naturally to them.

This concise and highly accessible book contains everything that parents and busy professionals need to know about ADHD.

What are the motivations and desires behind relationship choices and sexual behaviour?

Adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often have difficulties acquiring relationship skills due to the defining characteristics of the syndrome, experiences with peers during childhood and adolescence, and the expectations of their partners.

The English language can be extremely confusing and illogical, especially for people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who interpret meaning in a very literal way.

The Sunday Times BestsellerFrom the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir'It's beautiful - full of love and light - and an exploration into not only how, but why we survive, despite everything' Christie Watson, author of The Language of KindnessOn Good Friday, 2010 Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back.

Music's ability to influence emotions and moods is universally acknowledged, and music therapists have long known that stimulating the brain through the auditory system is a key to obtaining remarkable responses.

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's syndrome (AS).

Memory loss can create problems in every aspect of a person's life.

Fathers of disabled children can feel overlooked when the focus of much parenting support is aimed at mothers.

`Imagine getting lost in your own home, forgetting where the bathroom is at work, or being unable to operate a simple door knob.

Communication is one of the biggest challenges faced by people with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), yet an Asperger marriage requires communication more than any other relationship.

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia.

People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) understand and respond to the world in a very different way from people without this condition.

This international collection provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research on autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) by well-known experts in the field, stressing the importance of early diagnosis and a good working relationship between parents and professionals.

This book provides a diverse range of basic information and practical advice for adults with dyspraxia.

Maureen F.

This book does exactly what it says on the tin!

Special Brothers and Sisters is a collection of real-life accounts from the brothers and sisters of children with special needs, disability or serious illness, ranging in age from 3 to 18 years.

As someone with Asperger Syndrome, Wendy Lawson knows all about the social difficulties that accompany the condition.

Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome is both a practical and a personal account of one ASD student's successful experience of going to college.

Some children's 'difficulties' do not present in an obvious way, which makes diagnosis problematic, and access to help unforthcoming.

When his son, Matthew, was finally diagnosed with autism at 12 years old, Mike Stanton thought the diagnosis marked the end of their troubles.

People with autism often are intolerant of gluten (a protein in four types of cereal) and casein (a protein found in animal milk).

The title is an effective, manualized parent education programme'- Educational Book ReviewThis ground-breaking training programme has been developed in response to a real need for evidence-based early interventions for very young autistic children.

Career Success of Disabled High-Flyers challenges the assumption that disabled employees are a homogenous group and discusses important questions such as: What is disability?

This book offers a comprehensive overview of clinical, research and personal perspectives on Asperger Syndrome, including contributions from parents and experts in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatry, genetics, sexology and vocational counselling.

Dyslogical children are commonly labelled as having one or more of a mix of conditions that include Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder.