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A Mind Apart; Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

ISBN: 9781572305441 | 1572305444
Edition: 1st
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 4/7/2004

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
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 meaningful... MORE
Prefacevii
Acknowledgmentsxii
1 Stephen: The Eccentric Entomologist
1(15)
2 Heather: A World That Revolves around a Different Axis
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3 Justin: Listening to the Architecture of the World
27(17)
4 Zachary: An Obsession with Death
44(15)
5 Sharon: Seeing Other Minds Darkly
59(20)
6 William: A World without Metaphor
79(17)
7 Teddy: Incongruous Time, Incongruous Development
96(18)
8 Sally, Ann, and Danny: Accepting the Enigma, Moving Beyond the Cause
114(19)
9 Trevor: Mobiles and "Miracles"
133(15)
10 Ernest: The View from the Bridge148(12)
11 Frankie: Learning and Forgetting at School160(14)
12 Sophie: Acceptance without Resignation174(15)
Bibliography189(10)
Resources199(5)
Index204(6)
About the Author210
Peter Szatmari, MD, has been working with children with autism and pervasive developmental disorders and their families for over 20 years, and has consulted to government agencies in the U.S., Canada, and around the world. He is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Vice-Chair of Research, and Head of the Division of Child Psychiatry at McMaster University in Canada.


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