The Jumbled Jigsaw: An Insider's Approach to the Treatment of Cluster Conditions in Autism
The Jumbled Jigsaw exposes Autism spectrum conditions not as a single entity, but as the combination of a whole range of often untreated underlying conditions. Exploring everything from mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and tic disorders to dependency, identity and personality issues, information processing, sensory perceptual problems and gut and immune disorders, Donna Williams demonstrates how such common conditions can combine to form a 'cluster condition' that underpins the label...
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The Jumbled Jigsaw exposes Autism spectrum conditions not as a single entity, but as the combination of a whole range of often untreated underlying conditions. Exploring everything from mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and tic disorders to dependency, identity and personality issues, information processing, sensory perceptual problems and gut and immune disorders, Donna Williams demonstrates how such common conditions can combine to form a 'cluster condition' that underpins the label 'Autism Spectrum Disorder'. The Jumbled Jigsaw empowers and challenges families to look at what they can do to alter their child's environment and address the combination of underlying issues that up the tempo of each person's 'Autism'. It provides carers with the information they need to navigate the expanding Autism 'marketplace' and demand the right tools for the job. Donna also confronts society's reluctance to embrace diversity and puts up a challenge to professionals to recognise the various, often treatable conditions that lead to an Autism spectrum diagnosis, and deliver a more effective service to those in need. Written in a user-friendly style, this thought-provoking book is an invaluable resource for Auties, Aspies and parents, as well as professionals, policy makers and service providers.
Part 1Getting Oriented7Introduction9Part 2Into the Depths211Fuel System and Electrical Problems: Health and Autism232Different Ways of Navigating the World: The System of Sensing versus Interpretation393Issues of Overload: Being Mono and Delayed Information Processing834Experiencing the World Rather Differently: Sensory-Perceptual Issues1195Losing Control of One's Body: Impulse-Control Problems1436Strange Emotional Spaces: Mood-Regulation Problems1597Invisible Cages: Anxiety Issues1868Being Joined at the Hip: Dependency Issues2319Bad Parenting or Bad Match? Boundary Issues25710A Matter of Perspective: Trauma, Neglect, Abuse and Grief26911Who Am I and Which Side Am I On? Identity Issues293Part 3The Fallout33912The Fallout341Appendix 1Sources of Help: Professionals, Places and Services365Appendix 2Autism Spectrum Cluster Checklist369Appendix 3Referral List Based on Checklist374References383Index384
