Emily J Willingham

If Your Adolescent Has Autism

An Essential Resource for Parents. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 248 Seiten
ISBN 0197513131
EAN 9780197513132
Veröffentlicht 3. November 2025
Verlag/Hersteller Oxford University Press
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Beschreibung

This concise, readable book offers the latest in evidence-based information about what happens when autism and adolescence intersect. The book covers the teen years, addressing middle school and high school, along with the transition period from high school into adulthood. If Your Adolescent Has Autism will give parents of autistic teenagers what they need: information presented with compassion and understanding, with an emphasis on both the strengths and the disability related to autism and their unique manifestations during this transitional period of life.

Portrait

Emily J. Willingham is a developmental biologist and journalist who earned a PhD in biology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular developmental genetics, both after taking a bachelor's degree in English literature. She has authored several books, and her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Aeon, Undark, San Francisco Chronicle, and many other outlets. She has been a regular contributor to Scientific American.