Living with PTSD on the Autism Spectrum
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The relationship between autism and PTSD has historically been neglected in research and understanding but impacts the lives of many. Autistic people are intrinsically vulnerable to traumatic social situations and relationships, which can later manifest as PTSD. Navigating situations where one feels entirely at odds can lead seemingly commonplace events to be processed as traumatic experiences.
In this unique collaboration, Lisa Morgan and Mary Donahue explore PTSD in autistic adults as patient and practitioner. Lisa shares her personal experiences as an autistic adult, reflecting on emotionally traumatic events and their effect on her daily life. Mary examines the challenges surrounding diagnosis, reworking and developing communication and clarifying the symptoms of PTSD within the autistic population.
Combining lived experience with professional expertise, this clear and accessible guide will provide a better understanding of autism and PTSD, providing support and direction to autistic adults processing trauma and those involved in their care.
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date : September 21, 2020
Language : English
Print length : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1787750507
ISBN-13 : 978-1787750500
Item Weight : 12.5 ounces
Dimensions : 5.98 x 0.58 x 9.02 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #788,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #602 in Children’s Autism Spectrum #1,030 in Post-Traumatic Stress #1,801 in Popular Psychology Pathologies
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Arrienna Pelton –
A great overview
As an Autistic person recently beginning to understand what my lifetime of struggles have been caused by, this book provides a solid overview of the updated understanding of Autism.
JOanna –
Great position
Great book
SpicySparkles –
late life diagnosis
I have received a late in life diagnosis. I felt this was a good book for individuals with limited understanding of PTSD and ASD. This book does not share diverse experiences and instead offers one—it does not speak for us all. It was still helpful. It did not discuss detailed ways that someone with ASD & PTSD can help themselves get better psychiatric help with PTSD.
Elisabeth Louise Mizner –
Great book
So spot on
PM78 –
SO MUCH VALUE!
Beautifully and insightfully written. Combining both the educational information and the emotional/personal experiences in a book felt extremely beneficial. Not only beneficial in learning about both PTSD and Autism on their own, but especially when they co-exist. Thank you.
Michelle –
Not even written by autistics
Not even written by autistics no helpful advice whatsoever don’t waste your money on this book and if you buy it and realize that it’s useless, you can’t return it because you have to have a printer and a shipping label and jump through a bunch of hoops. Don’t buy this book.
Gary McGuire –
Useful if you are not the autistic person with PTSD.
This book, to someone who lives with both these conditions, serves only to tell them what they already know.For me it was depressing to read, and Torah unhelpful. I was expecting to learn ways to help myself but I was disappointed.
Hugo Fragoso –
Loved reading about the intersection of trauma and ASD I hadn’t found anything like this before
Peter Bookworm –
Very valuable book because of the integration of the two perspectives, affected person and therapist. Contains many great examples and ideas of how to deal with difficulties. It underlines that sensory overstimulation and social exclusion/stigma can have a traumatic effects on autistic people!
Bournemouth Babe –
Probably more 4.5 stars than 5, but only because as an autistic woman who has been diagnosed recently with CPTSD and PTSD, I would have liked to see more varied examples and discussion of the persistent traumas that we experience which fall outside of the DSM-V classification. To give the authors their due, though, they do caveat the book saying it is written based on their experiences only, and this is quite strongly skewed towards intimate partner violence, and there is little other literature on PTSD and autistic women to date. The final sections on therapeutic support will likely be of especial interest to clinical psychologists, counsellors and researchers. Nevertheless, this is a worthwhile read for all autistic girls and women, their parents/carers, and any professionals working with (or simply encountering) spectrum women to understand the vulnerabilities, risks and traumas we are subjected to and carry with us throughout our lives, as well as the pain, fear and confusion we inevitably bring with us—and which can be further compounded by—each interaction with people.
Amazon Kunde –
I am very grateful to both authors for writing this book. This topic certainly needs a lot more exploration in the future and up to now books on both topics in combination are rare.Thank you.