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Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence »

Authors: Dinah Murray
ISBN-13: 9781843102403, ISBN-10: 1843102404
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Introduction	9
1	To tell or not to tell : that is the Aspie question	19
2	Diagnosis in adults	32
3	Confidence, self-confidence and social confidence	53
4	Psychiatry and Asperger syndrome	67
5	Being told or being told off? : reciprocity at the diagnostic interview	88
6	Mental health issues surrounding diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence in the context of Asperger syndrome	94
7	One that got away	108
8	'Why's it all so difficult?' : sharing the diagnosis with the young person	125
9	Telling peers at school about Asperger syndrome : thoughts on how and why	143
10	Disclosure at secondary school : sharing the news of Asperger syndrome with a young person's peer group	149
11	The conversation	164
12	Disclosure : talking about what makes us human	173
13	Disclosure : a parent's perspective	184
14	Coming out, various	200
15	Diagnosis, disclosure and self-confidence in sexuality and relationships	214
16	Diagnosis in adulthood and community disclosure	230
17	Coming out autistic at work	245
18	Disclosing to the authorities	258