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Reflections of Self,
by Sondra Williams.
Sondra is a mother, spouse and one with High Functioning
autism who shares her articles, poetry and thoughts. This book is an
excellent resource for parents, grandparents, professionals, and individuals
with ASD! ASPIRES is very proud of
Sondra and the beautiful woman she has become. She continues to be an
inspiration to all of us.
To be released April 25, 2005
Define Me
A DVD Resource by
Sondra Williams
Sondra shares what it is like to have autism and
The Gumball Theory of Language
Ask and Tell:
Self-Advocacy and Disclosure for People on the Autism Spectrum
By Stephen M. Shore
Order from Autism Asperger Publishing Company at
877-277-8254
Press Release - Walking The Talk
- "Edited by Stephen Shore,
author of Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger
Syndrome, Ask and Tell: Self- Advocacy and Disclosure for People on the
Autism Spectrum aims to help people with autism effectively self-advocate in
their pursuit of independent, productive, and fulfilling lives."
Asperger Syndrome
Employment Workbook : An Employment Workbook for Adults with Asperger
Syndrome
by
Roger N. Meyer
"Published
by Jessica Kingsley Publishers January 2001, this workbook is designed as a
self-paced guide for mature adults with Asperger Syndrome. Through a
complete
 review
of three periods in the reader's work life, this guide assists the reader to
compose his/her autobiographical work history based upon understanding the
impact of Asperger Syndrome on their employment experiences.
Roger N. Meyer is a Portland Oregon resident. He was diagnosed with Asperger
Syndrome (AS) in 1997. He was a cabinetmaker for 26 years, and had a
parallel volunteer career as a counselor, mental health advocate, union
activist and apprentice instructor. He was a community mediator trainer, and
case developer with Community Boards of San Francisco. While there he
co-authored its manual on Large Group Conflicts and frequently contributed
materials to the organization's training archives. Since he left the
building trades, he has founded a support group for AS adults that meets
monthly. He co-facilitates a partners group in which one or both partners
are on the autistic spectrum. He maintains a private case management
practice for families with young adults with AS, and is a transition
specialist, disability advocate and parent/student special education
advocate in the public schools and adult community service agencies. The
author conducts person-centered planning trainings and in-service trainings
on AS and adult learning disabilities. He is a member of the Council of
Parent Attorneys and Advocates, the American Counseling Association, the
American Society for Trainng and Development, and the Oregon Mediation
Association. He is co-founder of Oregon Parents United, a parent advocacy,
special education, and support group for families with children who have
hidden disabilities. With a colleague he has conducts introductory
presentations and study groups for adult counseling professionals interested
in understanding AS and working with AS adults."
BUY
Beyond the Wall: Personal
Experiences With Autism and Asperger Syndrome
by
Stephen M. Shore
"This honest courageous book, written by a person with
high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome
 offers
so much more than the traditional autobiography. Drawing on personal and
professional experiences, Stephen Shore, who is currently completing his
doctoral degree in special education at Boston University, combines three
voices to create a touching and, at the same time, a highly informative
book. The autobiographical voice tells Stephen's life, including his
parent's frustrations with the educational and medical communities, his
adolescence and now married adult life. The "time shifter" fills in the
background information about his life that is otherwise out of
chronological order of the events being related; finally the researcher's
voice puts Stephen's personal life within the context of the research
literature on autism and Asperger Syndrome. By using this triple lens, the
book offers insights for parents, professionals as well as individuals who
have Asperger Syndrome. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Diagnosed with atypical
development and with strong autistic tendencies, and non verbal till age
four, Stephen Shore was viewed as being "too sick " to be treated on an out
patient basis. Stephen Shore is now completing his doctoral degree in
Special Education at Boston University with a focus on helping people on the
autism spectrum develop their capabilities to the fullest extend
possible."
BUY Reviews
Aspergers in
Love: Couple Relationships and Family Affairs
by
Maxine Aston
Discovering My Autism: Apologia Pro Vita
Sua (With Apologies to Cardinal Newman)
by
Edgar Schneider
"In 1987, under immense pressure at work,
Edgar Schneider suffered a nervous breakdown. After
 convalescing,
he returned to work, but within a few months he was again suffering from
problems involving short term memory and concentration. He was described
as eccentric, tangential, illogical and halluciaintory; and misdiagnosed
as schizophrenia. Sixteen years later, the chance reading of an article
on autistic savants altered Schneider to the possibility that he had been
misdiagnosed. This proved to be the case, he believed to be
high-functioning autistic, with attention deficit disorder (ADD).
Suddenly, many apparently paradoxical or
inexplicable elements of Schneider's life made sense. He calls the
discovery of his autism 'liberating." Schneider attributes his autism to
brain damage caused by infectious diseases in early childhood. In
Discovering My Autism, he reflects on his experiences and his memories in
childhood and teenage years as a clever and artistic loner. He explains
how in order to experience 'emotions' such as grief, sympathy, or desire,
he must intellectualizes or aestheticism them. Dispassionately, he
exclaims his difficulties with relationships, his high pain threshold, his
lack of concentration and his absorbent intelligence, all of which is
related to autism. He also describes the pleasure he derives from art,
music and literature, the importance to him of his religious beliefs; and
his work with parents' support groups. As and account of how it feel to
be an high-functioning autistic, this book should be read by parents of
autistic children, professionals working with them, and people with
autism, Asperger syndrome, or ADD themselves."
BUY ASPIRES Reviews
An Asperger Marriage
by
Gisela Slater-Walker,
Christopher Slater-Walker
"This book is the first example to examine a
successful marriage from both perspectives and provides
 knowledge
that will be of value, not only to similar couples and individuals with
Asperger syndrome who are considering a relationship, but also organizations
that support relationships. - forward from Tony Attwood.
Chris and Gisela have been partners for
eleven years. Five years ago Chris was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.
For Chris, this was an explanation of why he has always regarded himself as
socially handicapped. For Gisela, it meant coming to terms with a marriage
in which there would be never an intuitive understanding despite Chris's
good intentions. For the couple it was the beginning of a long and still
unfinished process of learning to live with a disability regarded by some as
incompatible with marriage.
Chris and Gislea Slater-Walker married in
1994. They met while both studying Russian at Manchester University. They
live in Hertfordshire with three children from Gisela's previous marriage
and their son George. Chris was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in 1997."
BUY ASPIRES Reviews
Living the Good Life with Autism
by
Edgar Schneider
"His discovery only in retirement that he has
high-functioning autism provided Edgar Schneider at last with
 an
explanation for his many differences, explored in Discovering my
Autism. In this book he takes up the story, telling of his marriage
to a like-minded woman, and of the day to day realities of life with this
condition. His description of autistic attitudes towards relationships,
politics, theology and health are rich and original. Schneider argues
that if people with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome are left
to their own devices they are capable of making lives for themselves that
are rich and rewarding.
Edgar Schneider was diagnosed as a high-functioning
autistic in 1995. Formerly a mathematician and computer programmer, he is
now married and continues to write and to develop his interest in the
arts. He lives in Florida."
BUY
ASPIRES Reviews
The Other
Half of Asperger Syndrome: A guide to an Intimate Relationship with a
Partner who has Asperger Syndrome
by
Maxine C. Aston
"Maxine Aston has explored the relationships of adults
with Asperger syndrome as part of her academic
 research,
as a qualified counsellor specializing in this area, and from her own
personal experience. She knows what she is writing about. She uses
quotations and real examples to illustrate her points and has a
compassionate understanding of both perspectives. Her insight is
extraordinary and her positive attitude and strategies for successful
relationships make this an essential guide for couples and counsellors."
BUY ASPIRES Reviews
Reflections of Self by
Sondra Williams
It is a book of poetry and
insight from my own perspectives. Often words are hard for me in the
verbal sense and so I find that the dancing words within me come in
written form in poetic fashions. It is of self published currently and
often sold at my speaking events, although one can order the book through
me via the e mail of
hfa2@columbus.rr.com
My book is set so that
portions goes to the Autism Society of Ohio and another portion goes
the Columbus, Ohio friendship endowment I to be creating for people of HFA
and aspergers in my areas. As often people of HFA and or Aspergers go
underserved in many areas.
So far by your support to me
in this project I have been able to give 900.00 to the ASO and 900.00
towards the endowment.
[Sondra Williams has been recently appointed to the
Governor's task force in Ohio to help find ways to improve Autism service
and delivery in her state.] ...to
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