Through the Eyes of Aliens - A Book About Autistic People

This is a positive description of how it feels to be autistic and how friends, family and professionals can be more sensitive to the needs of autistic people. Lee O'Neill perceives the imagination and keenly-felt sensory world of the autistic person as gifts. She challenges the reader to accept their difference and celebrate their uniqueness.

List of contents

1. Introducing autism. 2. The autistic world. 3. Autism and sense organs. 4. Autism and emotions. 5. Communication and language. 6. Intelligence, autism and savant skills. 7. Discrimination. 8. Rhythms and self-stimulations. 9. Relationships. 10. Health and allergies. 11. Autism and teenage years. 12. Recreation. 13. Idiosyncrasies and special traits. Epilogue: for autistic people.

About the author

Jasmine Lee O'Neill, a mute autistic savant, is a poet, writer, illustrator and musician. Of British descent, she lives in Pennsylvania. This is her first book.

Summary

This is a positive description of how it feels to be autistic and how friends, family and professionals can be more sensitive to the needs of autistic people. Lee O'Neill perceives the imagination and keenly-felt sensory world of the autistic person as gifts. She challenges the reader to accept their difference and celebrate their uniqueness.

Product details

• Authors: Jasmine Lee O'Neill
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9781853027109
• ISBN: 978-1-85302-710-9
• No. of pages: 146
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 234 g
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Illnesses, therapies; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works