NOTES

FOREWORD

1. Jess Wilson, “The Gift of Perspective,” A Diary of a Mom, March 31, 2008, https://adiaryofamom.com/2008/03/31/the-gift-of-perception/.

2. Anonymous, “Asperger’s: My Life as an Earthbound Alien,” CNN.com, March 28, 2008, http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/28/autism.essay/index.html.

CHAPTER 3 what Autistic Girls wish Their parents Knew About Friendship

1. Elizabeth Crary, My Name Is Not Dummy(Seattle: Parenting Press, 1983), http://www.parentingpress.com/b_cps.html.

CHAPTER 4 What Your Daughter Deserves

1. “Allistic” is a neologism for “non-autistic.”

CHAPTER 10 A particular way of Being

1. Asperger/Autism Network, http://www.aane.org, accessed August 29, 2020.

CHAPTER 11 A Daughter’s Journey: Lessons, honesty, and Love

1. Autism Discussion Page, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/autismdiscussionpage/timeline, accessed August 29, 2020.

CHAPTER 17 Ten Things I wish My parents had Known when I was Growing up

1. Lorna Wing and Amitta Shah, “Catatonia in Autistic Spectrum Disorders,” British Journal of Psychiatry 176, no. 4 (April 2000): 357–62, https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.176.4.357.

2. Center on Human Policy, The Community Imperative: A Refutation of All Arguments In Support of Institutionalizing Anybody Because of Mental Retardation (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, 1979), http://mn.gov/mnddc/parallels2/pdf/70s/79/79-ctr-human-policy-comm-imp.pdf.

3. ADAPT, https://adapt.org/, accessed October 5, 2020.

CHAPTER 19 The View from Outside the window

1. Autistic Self Advocacy Network, http://www.autisticadvocacy.org, accessed August 29, 2020.

CHAPTER 22 Keep her Safe; Let her Fly Free

1. Teka J. Harris, “Behavioral Momentum,” May Institute, https://www.mayinstitute.org/news/acl/asd-and-dd-child-focused/behavioral-momentum, accessed August 11, 2020.

2. Ariane Zurcher, “Emma Refuses to Get Off the Bus and a Self Advocate Is Born,” Emma’s Hope Book, blog, September 11, 2012, http://emmashopebook.com/2012/09/11/emma-refuses-to-get-off-the-bus-and-a-self-advocate-is-born.

CHAPTER 27 A parents’ Guide to Being Transgender and Autistic

1. Lynn Conway, “How Frequently Does Transsexualism Occur?” original article posted January 30, 2001, http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/TSprevalence.html.

2. J. Strang et al., “Increased Gender Variance in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,” Archives of Sexual Behavior 43, no. 8 (March 2014): 1525–33, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0285-3.

Conclusion

1. Maxfield Sparrow, “No You Don’t,” Unstrange Mind, January 27, 2013, https://unstrangemind.wordpress.com/2013/0½7/no-you-dont.

2. Beth Ryan, “The Cost of Compliance Is Unreasonable,” love explosions, January 30, 2013, http://loveexplosions.net/2013/0⅓0/the-cost-of-complianceis-unreasonable.