Autism And The Myth Of The Person Alone

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Biklen is Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education, Teaching, and Leadership; and coordinates the Inclusive Education Program at Syracuse University. He is a senior faculty member in the Center on Disability Studies, Law and Human Policy. He is the author of Access to Academics and Contested Words, Contested Science. He was Educational Advisor for the Academy-Award-winning HBO documentary Educating Peter and is coproducer of the CNN documentary Autism is a World. Klappentext The prevailing view of autism and disability is redefined in this beautifully written book. Zusammenfassung This book engages the perspectives of people with autism! including those who have been considered as the most severely disabled within the autism spectrum. The volume allows a look into the rich and insightful perspectives of people who have heretofore been thought of as uninterested in the world.

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• Authors: Richard Attfield, Douglas Biklen, Douglas (EDT)/ Attfield Biklen, Larry Bissonnette, Lucy Blackman, Jamie Burke, Alberto Frugone, Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2005
• EAN: 9780814799284
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-9928-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology; Qualitative Studies in Psychol; Qualitative Studies in Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research