American normal : the hidden world of Asperger syndrome
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American normal : the hidden world of Asperger syndrome
Copernicus Books, c2002
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Bibliography: p. 212-213
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Description
Asperger's Syndrome, often characterized as a form of "high-functioning autism," is a poorly defined and little-understood neurological disorder. The people who suffer from the condition are usually highly intelligent, and as often as not capable of extraordinary feats of memory, calculation, and musicianship. In this wide-ranging report on Asperger's, Lawrence Osborne introduces us to those who suffer from the syndrome and to those who care for them as patients and as family. And, more importantly, he speculates on how, with our need to medicate and categorize every conceivable mental state, we are perhaps adding to their isolation, their sense of alienation from the "normal."
-This is a book about the condition, and the culture surrounding Asperger's Syndrome as opposed to a guide about how to care for your child with Aspergers. -Examines American culture and the positive and negative perspectives on the condition. Some parents hope their child will be the next Glenn Gould or Bill Gates, others worry that their child is abnormal and overreact.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Asperger's and I
- 2 Little Professors
- 3 Glenn Gould, the Last Puritan
- 4 Rain Men
- 5 Diagnosing Jefferson
- 6 Autobiographies
- 7 The Poetics of Medicine
- Further Reading
- Index.
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