EAN: 9781441929464

AMERICAN NORMAL - LAWRENCE OSBORNE KARTONIERT (TB)

Asperger's Syndrome  often characterized as a form of high-functioning autism  is a poorly
defined and little-understood neurological disorder. The people who suffer from the condition
are usually highly intelligent  and as often as not capable of extraordinary feats of memory 
calculation  and musicianship. In this wide-ranging report on Asperger's  Lawrence Osborne
introduces us to those who suffer from the syndrome and to those who care for them as patients
and as family. And  more importantly  he speculates on how  with our need to medicate and
categorize every conceivable mental state  we are perhaps adding to their isolation  their
sense of alienation from the normal. -This is a book about the condition  and the culture
surrounding Asperger's Syndrome as opposed to a guide about how to care for your child with
Aspergers. -Examines American culture and the positive and negative perspectives on the
condition. Some parents hope their child will be the next Glenn Gould or Bill Gates  others
worry that their child is abnormal and overreact.

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