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Alexander Durig - How to Understand Autism – The Easy Way - 9781843107910 - V9781843107910
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How to Understand Autism – The Easy Way

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Description for How to Understand Autism – The Easy Way Paperback. Durig provides ideas and examples that enable the reader to understand and recognize autism, and prepare for interaction with autistic people. He explains how autistic perception 'works' and how it yields autistic behaviours, to enable readers to see the world through the eyes of an autistic person, and thus change the way they perceive autism. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSL; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
In this clear and accessible introduction to autism, Alex Durig provides a host of ideas and examples that enable the reader to understand the phenomenon of autism, recognize different kinds of autistic perception and behaviour, and prepare for interaction with autistic people. To help `normal' people understand and lose their fear of autism, Durig discusses the notions of `slight' autism, being or becoming `autism-friendly', and the mental well-being of autistic people. The author explains how autistic perception `works' and how it yields autistic behaviours', to enable readers to see the world through the eyes of an autistic person, and thus ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843107910
SKU
V9781843107910
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4

About Alexander Durig
Alex Durig received a Ph.D. in the social psychology of perception from Indiana University in 1992, where he was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health post-doctoral fellowship and spent two years as a visiting professor. Alex then spent 5 years as a professor at California State University, San Marcos. His first book, Autism and the Crisis of Meaning, was ... Read more

Reviews for How to Understand Autism – The Easy Way
In How to Understand Autism - The Easy Way, Alex Durig challenges the deficit approach that has highlighted autism for the last fifty years. Instead of being viewed in terms of its shortcomings Durig focuses on the positive aspects of ASD.
Autism Association of the ACT Inc Many education lawyers have had to become all too familiar with the ... Read more

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