A Book About What Autism Can Be Like
eBook - ePub

A Book About What Autism Can Be Like

  1. 48 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Book About What Autism Can Be Like

About this book

Chris and Andrew are very good friends, but sometimes Chris does things that Andrew doesn't understand.

Chris can hear a fly buzzing when it's a mile away! But he doesn't like bright flashing lights like the ones on Andrew's favourite arcade game. Chris and Andrew have lots of fun together, but at times they laugh at completely different things - it doesn't matter though, because everyone is different, and being different can be rather cool!

Chris and Andrew are here to help people understand the experiences of a child with autism, and how others can help by understanding how they are different, and recognising their many unique talents.

This fully-illustrated book is targeted at boys and girls aged 5+, and also serves as an excellent starting point for family and classroom discussions.

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Information

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781843109402
eBook ISBN
9781846428685
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Index
Psychology
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This is Chris and Andrew.
Chris and Andrew go to school.
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Chris and Andrew have many things the same.
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Chris and Andrew have many things different.
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Chris and Andrew sometimes think about the same things.
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But they sometimes think about the same things in different ways.
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Chris often thinks differently because he has autism. This is not a problem, it is just different.
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Think how boring it would be if we all thought the same!
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People with autism can get overloaded when too much happens for their brain to cope with all at the same time.
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A room filled with lots of posters and decorations may look exciting to Andrew. But it is difficult for Chris to take in all of those things at the same time.
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When the teacher says “Stop!”
Andrew’s brain hears the message and tells Andrew to stop.
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When Chris’s brain hears the teacher say “Stop!” it also hears many extra messages.
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Chris’s brain has trouble working out which message to listen to first. This can make it look like Chris is not listening at all.
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But then the messages get processed (this means working out what the messages mean, like a computer does)…
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…and Chris can do as the messages ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Of Related Interest
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword
  7. What Autism Can Be Like

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