Can I tell you about Asperger Syndrome?
A guide for friends and family
Jude Welton author Jane Telford illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published:15th Sep '03
Should be back in stock very soon
This book offers a unique perspective on Asperger Syndrome through Adam's eyes, encouraging understanding and empathy among young readers.
In Can I Tell You About Asperger Syndrome?, readers meet Adam, a young boy who shares his experiences living with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Through Adam's narrative, children gain insight into the challenges faced by those with AS, as well as the unique strengths they possess. Adam explains what AS is, how it feels to navigate daily life with it, and most importantly, how friends and peers can offer support by embracing differences and celebrating individual talents.
This illustrated book serves as a bridge for understanding, making it an ideal resource for both family discussions and classroom settings. Adam's friendly and relatable approach encourages young readers to engage with the topic openly, fostering empathy and awareness. The illustrations complement the text beautifully, helping to visualize Adam's experiences and emotions, making it easier for children to connect with the content.
Targeted towards children aged 7 to 15, Can I Tell You About Asperger Syndrome? is not just an educational tool; it’s an invitation for dialogue about diversity and acceptance. It empowers children to appreciate their peers’ differences while learning how to create a more inclusive environment. This book is an excellent starting point for fostering understanding and compassion in young minds, providing a foundation for meaningful conversations about AS and beyond.
This little gem of a book is intended to be shared by parents or a child with Asperger's Syndrome with friends, family and school professionals and peers so that they may understand asperger Syndrome. [It] could be a very effective tool in establishing understanding and a circle of friends for a child with Asperger's syndrome aged 6 -12. It includes simple but charming illustrations by artist, Jane Telford, and an excellent list of resources at the end of the book. This book packs a lot of wisdom and information into a small package. -- Autism Coach Website
This is a well-written and accessible volume. The author and illustrator achieve a pleasant balance with the use of simple language and a range of everyday images. As a parent of a child with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), I think that this book is a useful tool for other siblings, classmates and other members of the family-the text is specifically targeted at children aged 7 to 15 years of age. This is an excellent resource for anybody who may come into contact with AS and I believe parents of children with this condition should be guided to this volume before seeking answers on the internet or elsewhere. -- The Frontline of Learning Disability
there is still a great need for resources such as this book for children and parents who need introduction to autism and asperger's syndrome... Teaching a child that they are not "different" but that they can learn from someone who thinks and acts in similar ways to them is a great approach... It does very well in it's way of introducing this concept of autism to a child - who may be thinking "is there something wrong with me" at the early stage of diagnosis... the book would be a good resource for children as part of an overall understanding of AS. -- theautisticlife.com
Can I tell you about Asperger's Syndrome?, is beautifully designed and written by Jude Welton to help the rest of us, adults and children, understand the condition and be able to communicate with those with it. -- Food Matters
As a parent of a child with Asperger Syndrome, one of the most frustrating things to deal with is not always knowing how to help my child. Jude Welton's book reminds me in a simple and straightforward way of the difficulties an AS child faces daily and how we can help them overcome their struggles by modifying our responses.
This is a wonderful book because it gives the non-AS person a guide for communicating with and easing the way for an Asperger person. Not only does it identify the many ways these people are different but it suggests responses we can make which will help them to understand the world around them.
This is a very accessible book for non-AS children for non-AS children. The illustrations provide clear and strong messages and the text id direct and unambiguous as a text written through the eyes of an Asperger child would quite likely be. It is also a book for AS children who are aware of their diagnosis. I imagine that a certain comfort and support could be found in reading of others sharing the same problems and acknowledging the validity of their differences.
I was not expecting to find this book so interesting on a personal level. Having always read whatever I could find on AS this book brought me up short. I realise that I spend much time thinking of how I can help my child modify her behaviour to suit the world whereas Jude Welton's book suggests that awareness and tolerance by non-Asperger people is extremely important to an AS child trying to communicate.
Adam is a young boy with Asperger Syndrome. This book is written from his perspective; he sets out to help children understand the difficulties faced by a child with AS - he explains what AS is, what it feels like to have it and how the peers of children with AS can help by understanding their differences and appreciating their many talents. The book has extremely good illustrations to accompany the text. It is written for children aged 7 to 15 years of age but can also be used as an aid to both family and classroom discussions. -- Autism West Midlands
This is a brief book written to explain Asperger Syndrome, both to classmates and individuals on the spectrum. It is sufficiently brief for a young audience, but also gives good, specific examples. -- The MAAP
Jude Welton gives the young child with Asperger's the power of his own voice in explaining himself to his friends. Her calm and deceptively simple approach is complemented by Jane Telford's reassuringly everyday pictures. Parents have needed this book for a very long time. -- Elizabeth Newson, Early Years Diagnostic Centre
ISBN: 9781843102069
Dimensions: 228mm x 154mm x 12mm
Weight: 91g
48 pages