Brenda Boyd - Parenting a Teen or Young Adult with Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder): 325 Ideas, Insights, Tips and Strategies

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Boyd, Brenda.

Parenting a teen or young adult with Asperger
syndrome (autism spectrum disorder) : 325 ideas,

insights, tips and strategies / Brenda Boyd.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-84905-282-5 (alk. paper)

1. Aspergers syndrome in adolescence. 2. Parent and child. 3. Parenting. I. Title.

HQ773.8.B68 2014

618.92858832--dc23

2013030412

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 84905 282 5

eISBN 978 0 85700 587 8

I would like to thank a few people who really matter to me
and who have supported me through thick and thin:

Bap Kennedy

Christine Elliott

Kenneth Hall

Lily and Jim Kennedy

Dee Harding

Parenting a Teen or Young Adult
with Asperger Syndrome
(Autistic Spectrum Disorder)

Introduction

It is about ten years since I wrote my first book, Parenting A Child With Asperger Syndrome . My son, Kenneth, has Asperger Syndrome (AS) and he was the inspiration behind the book. When I wrote it he was 12 years old and just about to enter adolescence. Today he is 23 so not a child anymore! And there has been, as you can imagine, a lot of water under the bridge in the meantime.

Over the years from time to time I thought about writing a follow up to the original book, but I had a lot of reservations and I kept procrastinating. I didnt want anyone to think I was holding myself up as some kind of parenting model because, I have to admit it, the journey through his adolescent years was a tough one for him and for me. And I know I made a lot of mistakes.