Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | RC 553 .A88 S545 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5169952 |
RC 553 .A88 A826 2008 Perspectives on diseases and disorders : autism / | RC 553 .A88 G74 2006 Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism / | RC 553 .A88 J35 2018 Odd girl out : an autistic woman in a neurotypical world / | RC 553 .A88 S545 2016 Neurotribes : the legacy of autism and how to think smarter about people who think differently / | RC 553 .A88 S673 2018 Spectrum women : walking to the beat of autism / | RC 553 .A88 T468 2008 Dr. Thompson's straight talk on autism / | RC 554 .D63 2010 Understanding personality disorders : an introduction / |
Originally published: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently. What is autism: a devastating developmental disorder, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more--and the future of our society depends on our understanding it. WIRED reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years. Going back to the earliest days of autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle, while mapping out a path for our society toward a more humane world in which people with learning differences and those who love them have access to the resources they need to live happier, healthier, more secure, and more meaningful lives. Along the way, he reveals the untold story of Hans Asperger, the father of Asperger's syndrome, whose "little professors" were targeted by the darkest social-engineering experiment in human history; exposes the covert campaign by child psychiatrist Leo Kanner to suppress knowledge of the autism spectrum for fifty years; and casts light on the growing movement of "neurodiversity" activists seeking respect, support, technological innovation, accommodations in the workplace and in education, and the right to self-determination for those with cognitive differences"--
"A groundbreaking book that upends conventional thinking about autism and suggests a broader model for acceptance, understanding, and full participation in society for people who think differently"
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