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If you have no language, how can you make yourself understood, let alone make friends? Phoebe Caldwell has worked for many years with people with severe intellectual disabilities who are non-verbal, and whose inability to communicate has led to unhappy and often violent behaviour. In this book she explores the nature of close relationships, and shows how these are based not so much on words as on the ability to listen, pay attention, and respond in terms that are familiar to the other person. This is the key to intensive interaction, which she shows is a straightforward and uncomplicated way, through attending to body language and other non-verbal means of communication, of establishing contact and building a relationship with people who are non-verbal, even those in a state of considerable distress. This method is accessible to anyone who lives or works with such people, and is shown to transform lives and to introduce a sense of fun, of participation and of intimacy, as trust and familiarity are established.

188 pages : black and white illustration ; 24 cm

From isolation to intimacy : making friends without words / Phoebe Caldwell ; with Jane Horwood.

x, 167 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 25 cm

Longing, intimacy and loneliness / edited by Ami Rokach.

"Ever since he came out as autistic, people have been contacting Joe to share their stories and ask questions. The most common question by far: How do I find a romantic partner? This zine gives some hard-won tips on topics like figuring out what you want out of a relationship, making friends, having good boundaries with your friends, the difference between flirting and harassment, how to have a fun date and get to know someone when eye contact and prolonged conversation aren't your strengths, how to express your needs and make sure you're hearing your partner when they express theirs, and how to maintain a healthy, happy long term relationship. Lots of life-saving info is packed into these pages! If you're on the spectrum, this is for you."--From publisher.

46 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm

How to human with autism : friendships, dating, & relationships / Joe Biel & Faith Harper.

Witchcraft, intimacy, and trust : Africa in comparison / Peter Geschiere.

"Delay is a queer love story told in a performance script and presented in an illustrated zine. It is a story about autism and queerness and is a personal and intimate account. Delay is a story about waiting. It is love story where a person is waiting in a bar for their partner to arrive. It attempts to capture the moment in a relationship when you can’t decide if putting the effort in is worth it. The idea is that you read the script that is in the zine and the performance unfurls in your imagination. The script can be read in a bar (where the story takes place), or at home at your own leisure. With this zine I wanted to try something new and experimental with words, language and illustrations. It is more like a comic book that concisely imparts the inner thoughts and frustrations of the characters within the story. As thoughts and feelings can be difficult to express through words, the language and presentation is abstract and obscure and asks the reader to draw their own conclusions. Delay is therefore an experimental piece."--From zinester's website. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/687019118/delay-autistic-and-queer-performance-in">https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/687019118/delay-autistic-and-queer-performance-in</a>

1 volume (unnumbered pages) : colour illustrations ; 21 cm

Delay : a queer love story in a zine / created by Steven Fraser.

"A zine about how infatuation feels. Background is collage with paper and ephemera, text is set up as a free verse poem, with transfers and a few stickers as well."--From website. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/876137157/on-infatuation-a-zine">https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/876137157/on-infatuation-a-zine</a>

6 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 11 cm

On infatuation / [Mary Barba].

Intimate relations : the natural history of desire / Liam Hudson & Bernadine Jacot.

In Sex After Sixty, Marie de Hennezel addresses the most taboo of subjects: the sexuality of seniors. Employing an equal measure of modesty and irreverence, she probes the mystery and depth of the enjoyment of physical love at a later stage of life. Through interviews, lectures, and her own analysis - including forays into areas such as tantric sex - she invites the reader on a journey to the heart of this unrecognised territory. It turns out that emotional intimacy plays a huge role in maintaining a sex life as you age. The quality of a relationship obviously matters a lot in being able to take your time, trust your partner, and explore a sexuality that's more sensual and more playful than that of earlier years.

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From isolation to intimacy : making friends without words / Phoebe Caldwell ; with Jane Horwood.

Longing, intimacy and loneliness / edited by Ami Rokach.

How to human with autism : friendships, dating, & relationships / Joe Biel & Faith Harper.

Witchcraft, intimacy, and trust : Africa in comparison / Peter Geschiere.

Delay : a queer love story in a zine / created by Steven Fraser.

On infatuation / [Mary Barba].

Intimate relations : the natural history of desire / Liam Hudson & Bernadine Jacot.

Sex after sixty / Marie de Hennezel ; translated by Kate Bignold and Luisa Nitrato Izzo.

Sex, or the unbearable / Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman.

Drawn poorly zine : relationships. Issue 2

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From isolation to intimacy : making friends without words / Phoebe Caldwell ; with Jane Horwood.

Longing, intimacy and loneliness / edited by Ami Rokach.

How to human with autism : friendships, dating, & relationships / Joe Biel & Faith Harper.

Witchcraft, intimacy, and trust : Africa in comparison / Peter Geschiere.

Delay : a queer love story in a zine / created by Steven Fraser.

On infatuation / [Mary Barba].

Intimate relations : the natural history of desire / Liam Hudson & Bernadine Jacot.

Sex after sixty / Marie de Hennezel ; translated by Kate Bignold and Luisa Nitrato Izzo.

Sex, or the unbearable / Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman.

Drawn poorly zine : relationships. Issue 2

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