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Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder | 
| Author: Wendy Lawson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $19.75
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Rating:  4 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 118
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 1853029114
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.89820092
EAN: 9781853029110
ASIN: 1853029114
Publication Date: May 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Let's Raise Our Glasses to this Book! March 23, 2007
BeatleBangs1964 (United States)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book, like Donna Williams' scholarly works on autism deserves a place of honor. This is a very gentle book that deals with a far from gentle topic.
Most people, adults in particular who are on the autism/Asperger's (a/A) continuum seek normal life experiences, e.g. marriage, parenthood, successful social lives, etc. Sadly, many people who have autism have battle scars of "experts" who have misdiagnosed them and even sadder still, many such as Ms. Lawson have served time in hospitals as a result of this.
Raun Kaufman, son of author Barry Neil Kaufman who wrote of Raun's stellar "recovery" from autism says in "Son-Rise II: The Miracle Contiues" that "expert" is the most misused term and the biggest misnomer in creation. Misguided experts latch onto theories and often make a concerted effort to justify giving a diagnosis to a client and trying to support their diagnostic claims. That is not uncommon and sadly, that is what has happened to Ms. Lawson and countless others. I call it the Procrustean Bed Approach wherein clients are diagnosed and treated based on the "expert's" initial impression and determination to support those findings, even if they are completely inaccurate.
Hats off and kudos to Ms. Lawson for bravely sharing her story and bringing to mind just how serious this epidemic among "experts" is and just how costly it has proven to many. Her story is not unique.
Now, if we could just continue to educate the neurotypical population...The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome and Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults: Adhd, Bipolar, Ocd, Asperger's, Depression, And Other Disorders are good places to start.
Excellent June 29, 2006
dame ethel (Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read an earlier edition of this book published in Australia in 1998.
I really loved reading Wendy's autobiography.
Perhaps this is because I read a different edition, but, unlike the previous reviewer, I didn't think it focused much on her misdiagnosis at all. There was a lot more to the book than that: her childhood, growing up in England; stints in hospital (a problem with her knee) and the role she took on there as a helper; training to be a nurse; a move to Australia. There are also some lovely and insightful descriptions of things/events most people take for ganted.
It is a very well written book and is definately worth reading.
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