New Library Resources
Here are some of our new library resources:
Girls with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) are less frequently diagnosed than boys. When symptoms have been recognised, help is often not readily available. The image of coping well presented by women with AS of any age can often disguise difficulties, challenges, and loneliness. This is a must-have handbook written by an Aspergirl for Aspergirls. Rudy Simone guides you through every aspect of both personal and professional life. She remembers having feelings of blame, guilt, depression and being misunderstood. She also talks about her friendships, marriage and career. The book includes the reflections of over thirty-five women diagnosed as being on the spectrum, as well as some partners and parents.
People with learning disabilities often have health needs that go unrecognised and untreated. This may be because of difficulties in communication, discrimination or people not taking enough of an interest in people’s health. Sometimes medical staff can think a health problem is to do with a person’s learning disability when it is not. This book is a wide-ranging review of physical and mental health issues that affect the health of people with intellectual disability. This type of evidence is necessary in influencing public health policy and the development of more effective healthcare systems. It also supports better understanding and practice for individuals working in the healthcare sector. This is essential reading for policy makers and people who run services. It is important reading for individual practitioners across mainstream and specialist health and social care.
This book explores the lives of parents with learning disabilities, their children and the services they use. It is the first book of its kind to look at these issues in lots of different countries. This book gives a clear set of principles that outline how to work with parents with learning disabilities. All chapters are written by experts in the field and this is a good reference book for students and professionals working in this area.
This is a book about inclusion. Inclusion is a much used word, but what does it really mean? The writers of this book draw on their experiences working in education and psychology to try and answer this question. They think inclusion has many meanings and they call these meanings ‘The Keys’. The authors take a close look at each of the 8 Keys and the actions needed to put them into practice. This can help us all to open up fresh possibilities that lead us to new places in our work.
This is a novel set against the background of the 1980's movement of people from long-stay hospitals into the community. In 'Tasting the wind' the thriller meets the 'lad novel' in a story which is dark, gripping, humorous...and above all hopeful.