Sagit Blumrosen-Sela

Understanding Autistic Adults (eBook, PDF)

Supporting Personal and Professional Pathways and Overcoming Challenges

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Autistic Adults: Supporting Personal and Professional Pathways and Overcoming Challenges delves deeply into the experiences of autistic adults, providing comprehensive insights into potential professional paths and the psychological hurdles they may face in adulthood. It illuminates the experiences of autistics in professional fields like medicine, music, teaching, and therapy, alongside challenges like gender diversity, eating disorders, dissociative disorders (depersonalization-derealization disorder and DID), sex work, and professional stagnation. Theoretical chapters offer differentiations between autism and other psychiatric conditions; describe autistic thinking in terms of a disrupted integration between primary and secondary processes; provide a matrix for mapping various manifestations of autism; and outline support strategies tailored for autistics, therapists, government systems, and future research. Geared toward the ever-expanding audience of autistic individuals and mental health professionals, this book provides valuable insights into previously underexplored experiences to foster more understanding and validation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881866242
• Artikelnr.: 74938308

Autorenporträt

Sagit Blumrosen-Sela is an Israeli clinical psychologist holding a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her contributions span both literature and psychology, encompassing works such as Personality Disorders in Israeli Literature (Resling, 2017), Asperger's Lost Generation (Resling, 2021), and Autistic People Among Us (Hebrew Version, Resling, 2023). With substantial recognition and success of her autism-related books in Israel, she has emerged as a prominent authority in the field. Her expertise is rooted in extensive clinical experience with autistic individuals, coupled with important theoretical advancements.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I: Professional Pathways for Autistic Adults
1 Autistic Doctors
2 Autistic Therapists
3 Autistic Musicians
4 Autistic Teachers
5 Other Professional Arenas Where Autistics May Be Found
Part II: Challenges in the Lives of Autistic Adults
6 Autism and Eating Disorders
7 Autism and Gender Diversity
8 Klinefelter Syndrome and Autism
9 Autistics in the Sex Industry
10 Autism and Dissociative Disorders
11 Autistics Who Seem to be "Stuck"
Part III: Broader Theoretical Perspectives
12 Autistics Misdiagnosed with Wrong Diagnoses
13 The Disrupted Integration between Primary and Secondary Processes in
Autistic Thinking
14 A Proposed Matrix for the Categorization of Autistic People
15 Endnote: Ways to Assist Autistic Adults
References
Index
About the Author