Elijah's Cup A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome (Revised Edition)

Name: Elijah's Cup A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome (Revised Edition)
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ISBN: 9781843108023

ISBN-10: 184310802X

ISBN-13: 9781843108023

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Valerie Paradiz

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This provocative and pioneering book is both a refreshing exploration of the history of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and a powerful story of the author's own struggle with her son Elijah's Asperger's Syndrome. From her first inklings of Elijah's difference to her discovery of a whole spectrum of another way of life that includes everything from civil rights organizations for autistics to Asperger artists, Valerie Paradi? describes how she decided to cross what she calls ?cultural boundaries? to overcome her fears about her son's condition. Her inspiring narrative offers compelling insights into daily life with Elijah's Asperger's syndrome and her own ?shadow syndrome?, which affects…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 3/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


A Note on Language


Elijah's Cup


The Gift of Loss


Perfect Strangers


The Coincidence of Sharron Loree


Nietzsche in the Bathtub


My Father Was a Yakker


Echolalia Fun Fun Fun


Balloon Days


Cartoons Don't Get Hurt


Life Under Glass


Playground Comedian


Cracking Code


Epilogue


A Few Words from Elijah


Websites by and for Autistic People and for Autistic Advocacy


Notes


Subject Index


Author Index