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Autore |
Schneider Edgar <1932-> |
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Titolo |
Discovering my autism [[electronic resource] ] : apologia pro vita sua (with apologies to Cardinal Newman) / / Edgar Schneider |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, 1999 |
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1-280-44704-4 |
9786610447046 |
1-84642-179-9 |
1-4175-5287-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (126 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER -- Discovering My Autism: Apologia Pro Vita Sua (with Apologies to Cardinal Newman) -- Contents -- Prologue -- The Determining Time Period -- Aftermath -- Resolution, of a Sort -- Suspicions -- A Revelation -- Recap of a Terrible Period -- Correlating my Past Life -- An Interesting Aside -- My Tastes -- What I Mean by the Word 'Love' -- A Missing Faculty -- Two Perilous Characteristics -- Can 'Heartless' Pity be Real? -- Grief -- Death and the Afterlife -- Solitude and Loneliness -- Learning -- Values that were Manifested During Military Service -- Interactions with Others -- Art as an Early Outlet -- Religion -- Disclaimers about Religion -- A Perhaps Dangerous Characteristic -- The Upshot of this Self-Discovery -- Is a Future Close Relationship Possible? -- Waxing Philosophical about 'Love' Among the Non-Autistic -- The Emotional Deficit -- Self-Compensating? -- Our Own Country -- Retrospect -- What I have Tried to do Here -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. |
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Edgar Schneider is believed to be a high-functioning autistic with attention deficit disorder. In this book he reflects on his experiences and memories of his childhood and teenage years as a clever and artistic loner. He explains how in order to experience 'emotions' such |
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