American Normal : The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome

Lawrence Osborne

ISBN 10: 0387953078 / ISBN 13: 9780387953076

Published by Springer New York, Springer US, 2002

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Normal : The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome
• Publisher: Springer New York, Springer US
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387953078
• ISBN 13: 9780387953076
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 18D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 535 grams

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Synopsis

Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.

About the Author

Lawrence Osborne is the author of three previous books, ANIA MALINA, a novel, the travel book PARIS DREAMBOOK, and THE POISONED EMBRACE, an essay on sexual attitudes in Catholicism. A widely published journalist, he is a frequent contributor to THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE and SALON. He lives in New York.