Send in the Idiots Stories from the Other Side of Autism

Zusatztext 'Fascinating not only for its insight into autism but for what it reveals about the way human beings understand the world. Part science! part philosophy and part personal account! Nazeer's triumph is that he balances explanation with human stories in a way that is lucid and! at times! deeply moving' Informationen zum Autor Kamran Nazeer was born of itinerant Pakistani parents and has lived in New York! Jeddah! Islamabad and Glasgow. He studied law but decided not to become a lawyer. By the time he completed his Ph.D. thesis! he had decided not to become an academic. On leaving Cambridge! he was recruited into Her Majesty's Service and now works as a policy adviser in Whitehall. He has published work in newspapers and magazines. Zusammenfassung A remarkable, elegantly written portrait of five autistic men and women, and what their struggles and triumphs reveal about this baffling condition and about us all

Product details

• Authors: Kamran Nazeer, Nazeer Kamran
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 05.03.2007
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies
• EAN: 9780747585657
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-8565-7
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions (packing): 12.8 x 19.4 x 2 cm
• Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Autism Spectrum Disorders, True stories: general, Coping with autism / Asperger’s, Relating to people on the autism spectrum, Developmental Psychology, first hand accounts, neurodiversity mental health, Conditions issues, Misunderstood people humans, Psychiatry psychiatric association, Real lives aspergers syndrome, Special interests tics stimming, DSM-5 symptoms criteria