Dangerous encounters-- avoiding perilous situations with autism : a streetwise guide for all emergency responders, retailers, and parents

Dangerous encounters-- avoiding perilous situations with autism : a streetwise guide for all emergency responders, retailers, and parents / Bill Davis and Wendy Goldband Schunick.

'Bill masterfully translates and suggests how to interpret common behaviors of people with autism for law enforcers, rescue personnel and other first responders. However, all people desiring a deeper understanding in making the world a safer and more understandable place for people with autism...

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Main Author: Davis, Bill, 1953-
Other Authors: Schunick, Wendy Goldband, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002.
Subjects:
Autism.
Autism > Miscellanea.
Emergency medical personnel.
Communication in emergency medicine.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Disability: Social Aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Autism
Communication in emergency medicine
Emergency medical personnel
Trivia and miscellanea
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Chapter 1 What is Autism?; Chapter 2 Why Training is Needed; Chapter 3 Characteristics of Autism; Chapter 4 Why Law Enforcement might be Called; Chapter 5 How to Communicate; Chapter 6 Challenging Circumstances for Emergency Responders; Chapter 7 Particular Challenges for Ambulance and Emergency Room Workers; Chapter 8 Fire Rescue; Chapter 9 Shoplifting and Store Disturbances; Chapter 10 How Emergency Responders and Parents; Chapter 11 Preventing Problems in Everyday Life; EPILOGUE; INDEX.

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