American normal :the hidden world of Asperger syndrome
- 作者: Osborne, Lawrence,
- 出版: New York : Copernicus ©2002.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages).
- 標題: Asperger's syndrome , PSYCHOLOGY , Asperger Syndrome , PSYCHOLOGY Psychopathology -- Schizophrenia. , Personal Narrative , Autism spectrum disorders. , Asperger's syndrome Social aspects. , PsychopathologySchizophrenia. , Asperger's syndrome Psychological aspects. , Social aspects. , Electronic books. , Psychological aspects.
- ISBN: 0387218076 , 9780387218076
- ISBN: 0387953078 , 9780387953076
- 試查全文@TNUA:
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-123) and index. Preface -- Asperger's and I -- Little Professors -- Glenn Gould, the Last Puritan -- Rain Men -- Diagnosing Jefferson -- Autobiographies -- The Poetics of Medicine -- Further Reading -- Index.
- 摘要: Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.
- 電子資源: https://dbs.tnua.edu.tw/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108022
- 系統號: 005309344
- 資料類型: 電子書
- 讀者標籤: 需登入
- 引用網址: 複製連結
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.
來源: Google Book
來源: Google Book
評分