Lucy's Story
Autism and Other Adventures
Jessica Kingsley Publishers · Print & ebook · July 11, 2001
Born with Autism, Lucy could not understand much of what was said around her.
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- Who it’s for
- Lucy Blackman's account traces how writing and communication developed alongside her understanding of autism.
- Themes
- Autism and self-understanding, Communication and AAC, Writing and language
- Genres
- Disability Memoirs, Autism Spectrum, Disability Studies
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Born with Autism, Lucy could not understand much of what was said around her. Her own language came later from newspapers and books. She created stories and poems in her head from the words she had read. As an adult she still barely speaks. In her teens she started using a keyboard with someone touching her arm, but that was not a substitute for ordinary speech.
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Lucy's language had developed in a world of her own making in which she had never passed on information to someone else. Even today she does not answer questions in the same way as other people. Lucy's ambition was to write a book. She went to High School. She wrote letters and essays, learnt how to explain herself and began to create characters in her stories. While writing she started to understand her own autism, and through that understanding she came to type on a computer with no physical support to complete her BA (Hons) in Literary Studies. An essential resource for anyone interested in autism, sensory issues, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), language and the practice of writing, Lucy's Story is also an intriguing, poignant and exciting autobiography.
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Lucy Blackman's account traces how writing and communication developed alongside her understanding of autism.
Come here for
- Stories and poems shaped by words from newspapers and books
- The shift from supported keyboard use to typing independently
Expect
- A personal account of language and communication
- Autism, sensory issues, and the practice of writing
Where it sits
| Disability Memoirs | 94% |
|---|---|
| Autism Spectrum | 68% |
| Disability Studies | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Autism Spectrum
- Authors
- Lucy Blackman
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Published
- July 11, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Autism and self-understanding · Communication and AAC · Writing and language
- Reading lane
- Autism Spectrum