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Research Autism | Autism | Personal Accounts of Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Personal Accounts of Living with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This section contains personal accounts of what it is like to live with autism. Some of the accounts are from individuals with autism spectrum disorders, others are from parents and other carers.
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Accounts on this website
Alison Blake. A mother of a child with autism explains how her family struggled with sleep deprivation.
Alyson Bradley. Alyson Bradley explains what it is like to be a person with Asperger syndrome.
Charlie Edwards. Charlie Edwards explains what it is like to be a person with Asperger syndrome.
Debbie Debbie explains how it feels to be diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 56.
Julia Gardiner. Julia Gardiner explains what it is like to be a person with Asperger syndrome.
the Goth. A man with higher functioning autism explains how he finds it difficult to understand other people.
Anna Lansley A woman talks about living with Asperger’s syndrome and OCD.
Naomi Naomi’s mother explains how getting a diagnosis and being cared for by the Disabilities Trust has made a difference to her daughter.
PJ. A man with Asperger syndrome talks about living with the condition.
Joe Powell talks about his struggles with mental health problems in this presentation called My life, Autism and Sunderland Football Club
Various. Selection of personal views of Asperger syndrome from Beardon, L and Edmonds, G. (2007). ASPECT Consultancy Report. A national report on the needs of adults with Asperger syndrome. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.
William A personal account of the difficulties faced by someone with Asperger syndrome
Jim Sinclair. Don’t mourn for us. Published in ‘Our Voice, 1993, 1(3)’. Read Full item on the Autism Network International site.
AS Stories. Website which seeks to collect and share biographies from those with Aspergers syndrome in order to raise awareness and understanding of the issues facing people with this condition. Visit website at www.as-stories.co.uk
Chamaka B. et al (Epub ahead of print). What can we learn about autism from autistic persons? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 77(5), pp. 271-279. Read Abstract