Exposure anxiety--the invisible cage : an exploration of self-protection responses in the autism spectrum and beyond /
Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. To many it is an invisible cage, leaving the person suffering from it aware, but buried alive in their own involuntary responses and isolation. Exposure Anxiety: The Inv...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2003
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. To many it is an invisible cage, leaving the person suffering from it aware, but buried alive in their own involuntary responses and isolation. Exposure Anxiety: The Invisible Cage describes the condition and its underlying physiological causes, and presents a range of approaches and strategies that can be used to combat it. Based on personal experience, the book shows how people with autism can be shown how to emerge from the stranglehold of exposure anxiety and d. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| ISBN: | 058548127X 9780585481272 1843100517 9781843100515 1846423570 9781846423574 1283904004 9781283904001 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
