Amanda Webster

Riche, de elfjarige zoon van Amanda, is niet zomaar mager, hij blijkt levensbedreigend dun te zijn. Als hij geen appels meer wil eten, waar hij altijd zo verzot op was, ontdekt Amanda wat er aan de hand is. Haar zoon is geobsedeerd door calorieën. 'Kunnen jongens anorexia krijgen?' reageren mensen vol ongeloof. Amanda voelt zich enorm schuldig en worstelt met de vraag hoe ze de eetstoornis van haar zoon had kunnen voorkomen. Ze doet er alles aan om een goede behandeling voor haar zoon te vinden, maar telkens weer stuit ze op een muur van onbegrip en onvermogen. Er is een lange weg te gaan, die diep ingrijpt in het dagelijks leven van haar gezin.

De jongen die van appels hield

Susannah Rowland

Joy Cumming

This book presents an international research-based framework that has empowered parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to become critical decision makers to actively guide their child’s learning and self-advocacy. Parents can use this framework to identify their child’s vision and dreams, and to work with educators and service providers to establish specific learning goals and to implement effective interventions and programs that enable their child to achieve those goals and realise their vision for the future. The book begins by reviewing available research on evidence-based practice for children with ASD and outlining the Cycle of Learning decision-making framework for parents and professionals. Throughout the remainder of the book, case studies are presented to illustrate the ways in which different parents have successfully utilised this framework to develop effective plans for their child and to advocate for learning and education programs for both their child and other children with ASD in school and community settings. In addition, it highlights concrete examples of how parents have used the framework to empower their children with ASD to develop their self-awareness and self-determination, and to be able to self-advocate as they move through adolescence and into adult life.

Critical Decision-making for Quality Outcomes

Empowering Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Matthew Bennett

Emma Goodall

This book presents a unique account of social myths about autism and how these have shaped the lives of people on the autism spectrum. It offers the first in-depth exploration of the history of attitudes and beliefs about autism that incorporates the perspectives of individuals on the spectrum themselves, working as co-constructors of autism research and future practice. From ‘savant syndrome’ to the conception that people with autism lack empathy, each chapter examines a different social myth – tracing its origins, highlighting the implications it has had for individuals on the spectrum and their families, debunking misconceptions and reconstructing the myth with recommendations for current and future practice on the basis of cutting-edge research. This book offers researchers, practitioners, individuals and families living with autism spectrum disorder a deeper, more accurate, more comprehensive understanding of the beliefs about the traits and abilities of individuals on the autism spectrum; with practical ways to re-shape these into more proactive and supportive practices, it offers an alternative view in which individuals on the spectrum are presumed to be competent and capable of constructing their own futures.

Translating Myths and Misconceptions into Positive Futures

Life on the Autism Spectrum

Brave, honest and ultimately uplifting, The Boy Who Loved Apples is a compelling and beautifully written account of life with an eating disorder, and a gritty, moving testament to a mother’s love. As Amanda embarked on the long, agonising process of saving her son’s life she found herself battling not just Riche’s demons but her own.

Amanda Webster

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