Autistic and Expecting: Practical support for parents to be, and health and social care practitioners

Alexis Quinn

Autistic and Expecting is the first book of its kind to be written specifically for autistic parents. The author is an autistic mum who experienced a mental health crisis after a poorly supported pregnancy and childbirth. The book voices the experiences of many autistic parents and addresses the issues they uniquely and collectively face.

The book provides a practical, insightful and solution-focused guide to empower autistic parents from pre-conception through to the first few months. The book is sensitively illustrated and provides the information, resources and confidence autistic parents need to advocate for themselves, as well as developing positive relationships with the professionals involved in their care.

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Yn Awtistig ac yn Feichiog yw’r llyfr cyntaf o’i fath i gael ei ysgrifennu’n benodol ar gyfer rhieni awtistig. Mae’r awdur yn fam awtistig a brofodd argyfwng iechyd meddwl ar ôl beichiogrwydd a genedigaeth heb gefnogaeth dda. Mae’r llyfr yn lleisio profiadau llawer o rieni awtistig ac yn mynd i’r afael â’r materion y maent yn eu hwynebu’n ar eu pennau eu hunain ac ar y cyd.

Mae’r llyfr yn darparu canllaw ymarferol, craff sy’n canolbwyntio ar atebion i rymuso rhieni awtistig o’r cyfnod cyn-beichiogi hyd at y misoedd cyntaf. Mae’r llyfr wedi’i ddarlunio’n sensitif ac mae’n darparu’r wybodaeth, yr adnoddau a’r hyder sydd eu hangen ar rieni awtistig i eirioli drostynt eu hunain, yn ogystal â datblygu perthnasoedd cadarnhaol gyda’r gweithwyr proffesiynol sy’n ymwneud â’u gofal.