A Mind Apart ：Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Publication subTitle ：Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Author： Szatmari> Peter  

Publisher： Guilford Publications Inc‎

Publication year： 2004

E-ISBN: 9781593859596

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781593850302

Subject： C91 Sociology;C913 Social Life and Social Problems;R3 Basic Medical;R74 Neurology and Psychiatry

Keyword： 神经病学与精神病学,基础医学,社会学,社会生活与社会问题,文化、科学、教育、体育,特殊教育

Language： ENG

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Why would a child refuse to talk about anything but wasp wings-or the color of subway train doors? What does it mean when a nine-year-old asks questions about death hundreds of times a day? And how can parents build a close relationship with a little girl who hates to be touched? In this compassionate book, leading autism authority Dr. Peter Szatmari shows that children with autism spectrum disorders act the way they do because they think in vastly different ways than other people. Dr. Szatmari shares the compelling stories of children he has treated who hear everyday conversation like a foreign language or experience hugs like the clamp of a vise. Understanding this unusual inner world-and appreciating the unique strengths that thinking differently can bestow-will help parents relate to their children more meaningfully, and make the 'outer world' a less scary place.

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CH$1 Stephen: The Eccentric Entomologist

CH$2 Heather: A World That Revolves around a Different Axis

CH$3 Justin: Listening to the Architecture of the World

CH$4 Zachary: An Obsession with Death

CH$5 Sharon: Seeing Other Minds Darkly

CH$6 William: A World without Metaphor

CH$7 Teddy: Incongruous Time, Incongruous Development

CH$8 Sally, Ann, and Danny: Accepting the Enigma, Moving Beyond the Cause

CH$9 Trevor: Mobiles and “Miracles”

CH$10 Ernest: The View from the Bridge

CH$11 Frankie: Learning and Forgetting at School

CH$12 Sophie: Acceptance without Resignation

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