02910nam 2200565 a 450 991081603310332120240410163720.01-280-44704-497866104470461-84642-179-91-4175-5287-5(CKB)1000000000002200(OCoLC)228040048(CaPaEBR)ebrary5004017(SSID)ssj0000139770(PQKBManifestationID)11151254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139770(PQKBWorkID)10017317(PQKB)10831474(MiAaPQ)EBC3015838(Au-PeEL)EBL3015838(CaPaEBR)ebr5004017(CaONFJC)MIL44704(EXLCZ)99100000000000220019981104d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDiscovering my autism apologia pro vita sua (with apologies to Cardinal Newman) /Edgar Schneider1st ed.London ;Philadelphia Jessica Kingsley19991 online resource (126 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-85302-724-3 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.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 as grief, sympathy or desire, he must intellectualise or aestheticise them.Autistic peopleBiographyAutistic people616.89/82/0092BSchneider Edgar1932-1630934MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816033103321Discovering my autism4088840UNINA