03950nam 2200601Ia 450 991045029990332120200520144314.01-280-26179-X97866102617961-84642-092-X(CKB)1000000000032554(EBL)290641(OCoLC)476046799(SSID)ssj0000261286(PQKBManifestationID)11237987(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261286(PQKBWorkID)10256939(PQKB)10864033(MiAaPQ)EBC290641(Au-PeEL)EBL290641(CaPaEBR)ebr10090672(CaONFJC)MIL26179(EXLCZ)99100000000003255420040831d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransfer boy[electronic resource] perspectives on Asperger syndrome /Ljiljana Vuletic, Michel Ferrari and Teodor MihailPhiladelphia Jessica Kingsley20051 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84310-213-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome""; ""Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""NOTE TO READER""; ""1 A Transfer Boy""; ""2 A Good and Loving Child: The Family Perspective""; ""“Don�t go beyond the yellow line!�: The grandmother�s perspective""; ""“Don�t forget to make the cross sign!�: The grandfather�s perspective""; ""“If he were a millionaire, he would want a bus�: The mother�s perspective""; ""“I was the same�: The father�s perspective""; ""3 A Good and Well-Behaved Student: The School Perspective""""“His world revolves around transportation�: The teaching assistant�s perspective""""“In a few instances achieved beyond the standard�: The teacher�s perspective""; ""4 An Autistic or Asperger: Syndrome Child The Scientific Perspective""; ""Pervasive Developmental Disorder: The psychiatric perspective""; ""“Mind-blind�: The psychological perspective""; ""Autistic brain: The neuro/biological perspectives""; ""5 A Transfer Boy: The First-Person Perspective""; ""What is autism?""; ""Who I am: Teodor�s perspective""; ""6 Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?""""Teodor as a person""""Teodor�s self-understanding""; ""What a science of autism/Asperger syndrome should be""; ""7 Epilogue: Transfer Boy No More""; ""APPENDIX A: METHOD OF THIS STUDY""; ""APPENDIX B: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR AUTISTIC DISORDER""; ""APPENDIX C: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ASPERGER'S DISORDER""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""; ""AUTHOR INDEX""Transfer Boy: Perspectives on Asperger Syndrome explores what it is like to be an adolescent with Asperger Syndrome, through interviews with Teodor, a 'psychologically unusual' twelve-year-old. In this detailed case study, Vuletic and Ferrari combine an autobiographical account with perspectives from other family members and people who know Teodor well, while simultaneously integrating psychiatric and psychological research on autism.The authors evaluate the merits and pitfalls of different interpretations of autism and address the broad psychological issues related to Asperger Syndrome - inteAsperger's syndromeCase studiesElectronic books.Asperger's syndrome616.85/88Vuletic Ljiljana1959-1027510Ferrari M. D1027511Mihail Teodor1027512MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450299903321Transfer boy2443002UNINA