Ask and Tell
Self-Advocacy and Disclosure for People on the Autism Spectrum
Editor: Stephen Shore; Foreword by: Temple Grandin
Contributing Authors: Kassiane Sibley, Stephen M. Shore, Roger N. Meyer, Phil Schwarz, Liane Holliday Willey
Edited by Stephen Shore, author of Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Ask and Tell: Self-Advocacy and Disclosure for People on the Autism Spectrum aims to help people with autism effectively self-advocate in their pursuit of independent, productive, and fulfilling lives. Ask and Tell is unique by being the first book to speak to the twin issues of self-advocacy and disclosure for people with autism and by consisting exclusively - including the cover art and the preface by Temple Grandin - of contributions by those on the autism spectrum for persons on the spectrum.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Communicating Through Advocacy and Self-Disclosure: Four Ways to Connect
Help Me Help Myself: Teaching and Learning
Using the IEP to Build skills in Self-Advocacy and Disclosure
Being Your Own Case Manager
Building Alliances: Community Identity and the Role of Allies in Autistic Self-Advocacy
Disclosure and Self-Advocacy: An Open Door Policy
Index
Published 9/2004, 196 Pages, Paperback
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