Love & Autism

Love & Autism

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  • Author: Kay Kerr
  • Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
  • ISBN: 1761266446
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 215

'Love has always intrigued me, in part because I have carried for a long time a feeling that I am doing love wrong.' Michael made a name for himself on the hit show Love on the Spectrum. After his televised first dating experiences, will he complete his quest to find his queen? Chloe was always good at maths, with feelings 'too big' to be contained. When she reconnects with her childhood boyfriend, it must be fate. Noor has had a lot on her plate from a young age, especially at home. People-pleasing becomes her survival mode, but Noor can't keep her struggles inside forever. Jess has spent a lifetime being put into different boxes. Through her strong will and creativity, can she break out and build a life that is truly her own? Tim is a non-speaking autistic man who has been underestimated all his life. But through willpower, technology and a mother's love, he has a chance of finding a different kind of voice. Through the intimate writing of critically-acclaimed autistic author Kay Kerr, Love & Autism presents an uplifting celebration of neurodivergent love, the search for it and a deeper look into the lives of autistic Australians. Praise for Love & Autism 'Beautiful, nuanced and heartwarming, Love & Autism is an immersive, joyful read about life and love through an autistic lens. Kay Kerr gives us a wonderful and frank front-row seat to what it means to be autistic and to love, affectionately and refreshingly told from a neurodivergent perspective. A masterclass in narrative non-fiction and longform journalism, Love & Autism takes us on a journey of joy, heartache and hope, connecting us all through our shared love of love.' SALLY HEPWORTH 'Kay Kerr has done a wonderful job of community building through tender storytelling. This is an important, heartfelt and generous book for neurodivergent people, disabled people and allies.' CARLY FINDLAY OAM 'A fierce, tender and affirming celebration of the autistic community's capacity for, and experience of, love. Kay's writing is sharp but affectionate in its advocacy and validation, demonstrating the depth and breadth of neurodivergent experiences of love and romance. This is much-needed and eye-opening work.' SARAH AYOUB 'Love & Autism draws together complex, beautiful and personal storying shared from within the worlds, hearts and minds of neurodiverse peoples, while focusing on a subject which is relatable for all: love. Relational, both in focus and writing style, Kay has created a gift that may benefit all who have the privilege of unwrapping it.' DR AMY THUNIG 'A compassionate, affirming exploration of the vastness of love. Kerr writes with a journalist's hunger for the heart of the story and illuminates minds often misunderstood. Essential reading for neurodivergent and neurotypical lovers alike.' ANNA SPARGO-RYAN


Armchair Conversations on Love and Autism

Armchair Conversations on Love and Autism

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  • Author: Eva A. Mendes
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • ISBN: 1787759148
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 236

Filled with first-hand accounts and the best kept secrets to help your relationship bloom, this book is a deep dive into loving autistic relationships and the unique strengths that drive them. Based on clinical experience and emerging research, ASC counselling expert Eva Mendes explores the complex and fulfilling relationships between neurodiverse couples. This book takes you on a journey into the relationships of 20 neurodiverse couples from all walks of life, offering insight into how they meet the challenges of daily life and the unique strengths being neurodiverse can bring to a being a partner or co-parent. The couples share down-to-earth and candid recollections of the ups and downs of their relationships, weighing in on topics from emotional connection and sex to managing co-parenting and finances. Exploring multiple intersections from race, gender and sexuality across autistic relationships, and ironing out the common myths surrounding them, Eva offers a specialist, clinical perspective on each dynamic and provides examples of best practice to have a healthy and happy relationship.


Life and Love

Life and Love

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  • Author: Zosia Zaks
  • Publisher: AAPC Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781931282932
  • Category : Adulthood
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 388

Describes and suggests concrete ways to deal with challenges that may arise in areas of both daily life and love, covering everything from grocery shopping to getting along better with family members. Understanding the special relationship between self-esteem and success at independence, the author's advice is based very purposefully on autistic strengths, and reflects the belief and hope that autistic adults can both contribute to and enjoy all life has to offer.--From publisher description.


Motherhood and Autism

Motherhood and Autism

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  • Author: Eilidh Campbell
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1666751278
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 225

While autism is gaining increasing attention as an important subject of theological inquiry, the maternal experience of caring for a child with autism has had less attention. Traversing issues of gender, embodiment, disability and motherhood, this book explores the distinctness of mothering within the context of autism, examining how theology currently responds to the challenges this lived experience presents. Weaving together an honest reflection on her own experience with analysis of contemporary theological works on disability and motherhood, the book reflects on mothering, and especially mothering of autistic children, as a unique site of struggle and resistance.


God Loves the Autistic Mind

God Loves the Autistic Mind

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  • Author: Fr. Matthew P. Schneider LC
  • Publisher: Pauline Books and Media
  • ISBN: 0819831638
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 201

Fr. Matthew Schneider, a priest on the autism spectrum, knows the challenges that autistics face in prayer, as well as the autistic traits that can be leveraged to deepen one’s prayer. With clarity and honesty, he shares from his own experience and that of others on the spectrum to give hope and confidence to readers. This ground-breaking book includes 52 meditations, which provide a coherent progression of material for prayer that can be used on a daily or weekly basis. Father Matthew P. Schneider is an openly autistic Catholic priest. He’s originally from Calgary, Canada, but since joining the Legionaries of Christ, has done ministry across North America. He has written for many publications including the National Catholic Register, America, Crux, and Aleteia. [, and you] You can find him on social media at @FrMatthewLC, @AutisticicPriest, and FrMatthewLC.com. He currently lives in Northern Virginia, writing a doctoral thesis in moral theology.


Autism and Falling in Love

Autism and Falling in Love

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  • Author: Kerry Magro
  • Publisher: Kerry\Magro
  • ISBN: 9780692338094
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 104

Have you ever fallen in love before? In this book, award winning national speaker Kerry Magro discusses his own personal experiences as an adult on the autism spectrum and being in love. A popular image of autism today focuses on children and interventions. As these children grow up on the spectrum and become adults a romantic relationship will become a possibility for some in our community. Kerry's first hand experience discussing "The One That Got Away" will open the reader to a new line of thinking while breaking down the barriers of ignorance between autism and love. In this book you will also learn more about some of the challenges that face individuals with autism today in finding a partner including topics such as social cues, empathy, communication patterns and much, much more! Those on the autism spectrum will learn more on relationships and how they can go about finding their next partner while neurotypicals will learn some things you may expect while dating someone with autism.


Autism's Hidden Blessings

Autism's Hidden Blessings

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  • Author: Kelly Langston
  • Publisher: Kregel Publications
  • ISBN: 0825493676
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 209

Encouragement and inspiration for special needs families God has a unique and magnificent purpose for every child-a purpose that is no less important for special-needs children. Through the story of her own ongoing struggles and victories raising her autistic son, Kelly Langston brings to light God's promises for exceptional kids and highlights covenants that assure special-needs parents of their children's potential and beauty.


The Autism of Gxd

The Autism of Gxd

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  • Author: Ruth M. Dunster
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1725268353
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 441

The Autism of Gxd: An Atheological Love Story is truly a love story—the story of Ruth Dunster’s autistic search for an authentic, personal, and theological “Gxd.” In this, it resembles Augustine’s Confessions, as a theological autobiography. It becomes atheological, however, as Dunster reckons with what Denys Turner terms “The Darkness of God.” This awareness leads her through the poetry of Medieval mystics to the mythic “death of God” theology of Thomas J. J. Altizer. The search for faith is nonetheless very real in this strange territory. Dunster hears her autistic Gxd speaking in art, poetry, novels, and music; and this further leads her into the territory of Literature, Theology, and the Arts, where, in Blanchot’s words, “the answer is the poem’s absence.” Indeed, Dunster calls the book “a strange poem, or even a hymn.” Weaving an autistic mythology out of a rigorous survey of clinical autism, this book abounds in challenge and paradox. It offers a fascinating view into how an autistic poet becomes a theologian; and what more mainstream theologies might learn from this “disabled Gxd.”


Laughing and Loving with Autism

Laughing and Loving with Autism

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  • Author: R. Wayne Gilpin
  • Publisher: Future Horizons
  • ISBN: 9781885477040
  • Category : Medical
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 140

A book of stories of autistic children, intended to be a source of smiles, laughter, sharing and maybe a few warm tears. These stories are representative of the humor that often brings us back to the reality of their perspective.


Autism Heroes

Autism Heroes

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  • Author: Barbara Firestone
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • ISBN: 1843108372
  • Category : Family & Relationships
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 240

Personal accounts of the experiences of 38 families confronting the challenges of autism spectrum disorders. Their reflections chart the course through the many stages of coping with autism and seeking solutions for their children.