Severe Autism, Denied Support: Struggling to Survive in the Mainstream (Hardcover)

by Leonard Jayson (Author), Marla Comm (Contributor)
Key Phrases: severe autism, executive function disorder, borderline personality disorder, Denied Support, Attention Deficit Disorder, Tourette Syndrome (more...)

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Product Description
"Severe Autism, Denied Support" is a superb read not only for therapists and clinicians, but for parents and teachers - everyone seeking a deeper understanding of adult autism and accompanying disorders.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 284 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425136001
• ISBN-13: 978-1425136000
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,339,640 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars read with an open mind and a grain of salt, July 18, 2008

By	Jan S. Balcom - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Severe Autism, Denied Support: Struggling to Survive in the Mainstream (Paperback)

Marla was my friend. This book offers valuable insight into the thoughts and feelings of an obviously brilliant, tormented, autistic woman with a difficult personality. Her perceptions, like great modern art, range from highly distorted to remarkably accurate and insightful. The book gives the reader access to the inner workings of one autistic mind; in doing so, it offers a broader understanding of the experience of being autistic and of being human.

Marla's perspective is real, important, not to be discounted or trivialized, but not to be taken as wholly accurate either. Her multiple brain differences made her experience all the people in her life through that distortion. The book helps those of us who love or work with someone who is autistic see that an autistic person's experience of reality may be very different from what we think is real. Marla's reality is distorted by normal standards, but that does not make it less "real."

I encourage you to read this book with patience, an open mind, a forgiving heart, and a grain of salt concerning her depictions of the people and environment around her. Marla's story is an important one and Leonard's effort to tell it is noteworthy.

5.0 out of 5 stars welcome change from other autism books, October 13, 2007

By	Jonathan Mitchell - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a welcome change from the books that give an upbeat and rather misleading picture of autistics, easily recovering when they are little kids but never show what they will be like as adults. Leonard Jayson and Marla Comm help us face up to reality that autism is a life-long disability that causes its sufferers all sorts of problems. As a person with an autism spectrum disorder i can truly relate to this book.