Autistic Amanda E-Book

Line Kudahl

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 33

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

With an easy-to-read text and good illustrations, the book leads us into the world of autism and provides an easy-to-understand introduction to autism and gives us an understanding of what it is like to have autism. The book can e.g., be used if you have a child / young person with autism, and need to talk to the child / young person, siblings, grandparents or friends about what autism is and how it affects your life. It can be used if you, as an adult autist, have to tell your own children, bonus children and others about the challenges and superpowers of autism. In short, the book can be used when you want to know more about - and create more understanding of autism. The author of the book is autistic herself and it appears from the book that she knows what she is talking about when she talks about autism. The book provides many examples of what can be challenges for the autistic and for the family, and it constantly allows readers to have their own experiences with autism challenges that can be written into the book. The book also describes that autism is not only challenging, but can also have good sides and give the autis-tic some resources that can be used constructively. The book is kept in a positive spirit, which makes the reader more positive towards autism, and thus less negative and less timid. Professionals can use the book to talk to parents and / or children / adolescents about what autism is, and parents can talk to their children / adolescents about it.

Leseprobe

” From communications grows knowledge, knowledge brings understanding, and understanding makes the World a better place.”

Content

What is autism?

What causes autism?

Autism and stress

What is stress?

Meltdown/Sensory overload

Stimming

Coping strategies

Things that can be difficult when you are autistic

Facial blindness

Secrets and suprises

Amandas Forces

Amandas SUPERPOWERS:

Amandas Favorite things

Understanding and talking to others

Unwritten social rules.

Going to school

Diagnosis

Parenting courses

Changing school and special schools

Reading and audiobooks

Film and Tv

Time

Dentist

Planning and structure in everyday life

Food

Bedtime

Christimas

New years eve

About audiobooks

Hallo

Thank you for reading this story about Amanda and help build more understanding and acceptance of autism.

I hope that the story can be a good base for conversation on what it is like to be autistic and what autism is.

I am myself autistic and have ADHD.

The two diagnoses can be very similar, both in pros and cons, and because of that, my experiences and descriptions will be based on both.

The story can be read as a single tale or used as a starting point when you have specific topics you need to talk about.

I must emphasize that I have no medical background, and that the book is based on my experience of being autistic, in a world where autistic people do not always fit in.

I firmly believe that

From Communications grows knowledge,

knowledge brings understanding,

and understanding makes the World a better place.

Line Kudahl

Thank you to Jacob, Mathilde, and Rasmus because you believed in me and did not grow tired of hearing about Amanda.

Hallo

This is Amanda She likes to draw, listen to music and the loves unicorns.

As you can see, Amanda is an elephant, but you cannot see that she is autistic.

Autism isn´t something that you can see, it is called a hidden disability, because it is not visible in the same way as missing a leg or an arm.

Therefore, it can be difficult to know that you yourself have autism, and for your family, friends, and the wider world to understand what autism is and why it affects your world in the way it does.

WHAT IS AUTISM?

When you are autistic, your brain is wired in a different way from most others.

Autism is called a developmental disability, and it can sound bad because disability has negative connotations.

But it is important to remember that it is called a disability because you are different from the standard.

And while there are more "non autists” (typical) than autists in the world, us autists will be called different (atypical ).

It is only a word, and it is extremely important to remember that an autistic brain isn't broken, or wrong in any way, but is just wired differently from other peoples.

In some ways it can be good, to have different wiring, in others it can be hard,

It means that you think, feel, and experience the world in a different way than others.

WHAT CAUSES AUTISM?

The human body is made from genes, which means that a child is made from a mixture of its parents’ genes.

No-one really knows why someone is autistic, even though there are many doctors and scientist all round the world that have- and are researching it.

At this point it have been discovered that autism is due to genetic differences.

When you are autistic, your brain is built of the same bricks as everyone else’s, but it works and connects in a very different way.

Sometimes it can make things very strange that your brain is wired in a different way.