Editorial Reviews
Review
Book Description
About the Author
Lisa Morgan is a Certified Autism Specialist (CAS) and holds a Master’s degree in the Art of Teaching in Special Education. She has previously authored Living Through Suicide Loss with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (JKP 2016) and is a senior editor for the Spectrum Women online magazine. She also is co-chair of the Autism and Suicide committee of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS).
Mary P. Donahue, Ph.D is a psychologist specialising in trauma and loss and working in private practice. She is a collaborator for The Center for Grieving Children and has developed specialised ‘Providing a Safe Shoulder’ training for helpers wishing to assist victims of domestic abuse. She is also a Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Volunteer, and is the author of three books for teens on bullying, disability and domestic violence.
Arrienna Pelton –
As an Autistic person recently beginning to understand what my lifetime of struggles have been caused by, this book provides a solid overview of the updated understanding of Autism.
Jenna –
This book made me feel so seen
SpicySparkles –
I have received a late in life diagnosis. I felt this was a good book for individuals with limited understanding of PTSD and ASD. This book does not share diverse experiences and instead offers one—it does not speak for us all. It was still helpful. It did not discuss detailed ways that someone with ASD & PTSD can help themselves get better psychiatric help with PTSD.
JOanna –
Great book
Elisabeth Louise Mizner –
So spot on
PM78 –
Beautifully and insightfully written. Combining both the educational information and the emotional/personal experiences in a book felt extremely beneficial. Not only beneficial in learning about both PTSD and Autism on their own, but especially when they co-exist. Thank you.
Gary McGuire –
This book, to someone who lives with both these conditions, serves only to tell them what they already know.For me it was depressing to read, and Torah unhelpful. I was expecting to learn ways to help myself but I was disappointed.
Amazon Kunde –
So happy to finally find a book dealing with those two topics in combination
I am very grateful to both authors for writing this book. This topic certainly needs a lot more exploration in the future and up to now books on both topics in combination are rare.Thank you.
Bournemouth Babe –
An insightful account
Probably more 4.5 stars than 5, but only because as an autistic woman who has been diagnosed recently with CPTSD and PTSD, I would have liked to see more varied examples and discussion of the persistent traumas that we experience which fall outside of the DSM-V classification. To give the authors their due, though, they do caveat the book saying it is written based on their experiences only, and this is quite strongly skewed towards intimate partner violence, and there is little other literature on PTSD and autistic women to date. The final sections on therapeutic support will likely be of especial interest to clinical psychologists, counsellors and researchers. Nevertheless, this is a worthwhile read for all autistic girls and women, their parents/carers, and any professionals working with (or simply encountering) spectrum women to understand the vulnerabilities, risks and traumas we are subjected to and carry with us throughout our lives, as well as the pain, fear and confusion we inevitably bring with us—and which can be further compounded by—each interaction with people.
Melissa Blake –
Good
Good book