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The power of neurodiversity : unleashing the advantages of your differently wired brain / Thomas Armstrong.
Publication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong, 2011, c2010.Edition: 1st Da Capo Press pbk. edDescription: xiii, 274 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780738215242 (pbk.)
- 0738215244 (pbk.)
- 9780738213545 (alk. paper)
- 0738213543 (alk. paper)
- RC455.4.B5 A745 2010
Contents:
Summary: In "The Gift of Neurodiversity", Armstrong argues that we have been too quick to pathologise brain differences. Indeed, in recent years, we have re-classified these differences, labeling many of them "disorders." What science actually suggests is that there are many different ways for our brains to be wired, and that there are actual "gifts" or "strengths" attached to some of these differences.
Neurodiversity : a concept whose time has come -- The joy of the hyperactive brain -- The positive side of being autistic -- A different kind of learner -- The gift of mood -- The advantages of anxiety -- The rainbow of intelligences -- Thinking in a different key -- Neurodiversity in the classroom -- The future of neurodiversity.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | RC 455.4 .B5 A745 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5146843 |
Previously published in 2010 as: Neurodiversity: discovering the extraordinary gifts of autism, ADHD, dyxlexia, and other brain differences.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-256) and index.
Neurodiversity : a concept whose time has come -- The joy of the hyperactive brain -- The positive side of being autistic -- A different kind of learner -- The gift of mood -- The advantages of anxiety -- The rainbow of intelligences -- Thinking in a different key -- Neurodiversity in the classroom -- The future of neurodiversity.
In "The Gift of Neurodiversity", Armstrong argues that we have been too quick to pathologise brain differences. Indeed, in recent years, we have re-classified these differences, labeling many of them "disorders." What science actually suggests is that there are many different ways for our brains to be wired, and that there are actual "gifts" or "strengths" attached to some of these differences.
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