Discovering my autism : apologia pro vita sua (with apologies to Cardinal Newman) / Edgar Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Edgar, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autistic people--Biography.

Autistic people.

Schneider, Edgar, 1932-.

Schneider, Edgar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edgar Schneider is believed to be a high-functioning autistic with attention deficit disorder. In this book he reflects on his experiences and memories of his childhood and teenage years as a clever and artistic loner. He explains how in order to experience 'emotions' such as grief, sympathy or desire, he must intellectualise or aestheticise them.

Contents:

COVER

Discovering My Autism: Apologia Pro Vita Sua (with Apologies to Cardinal Newman)

Contents

Prologue

The Determining Time Period

Aftermath

Resolution, of a Sort

Suspicions

A Revelation

Recap of a Terrible Period

Correlating my Past Life

An Interesting Aside

My Tastes

What I Mean by the Word 'Love'

A Missing Faculty

Two Perilous Characteristics

Can 'Heartless' Pity be Real?

Grief

Death and the Afterlife

Solitude and Loneliness

Learning

Values that were Manifested During Military Service

Interactions with Others

Art as an Early Outlet

Religion

Disclaimers about Religion

A Perhaps Dangerous Characteristic

The Upshot of this Self-Discovery

Is a Future Close Relationship Possible?

Waxing Philosophical about 'Love' Among the Non-Autistic

The Emotional Deficit

Self-Compensating?

Our Own Country

Retrospect

What I have Tried to do Here

Conclusion

Epilogue.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610447046

9781280447044

1280447044

9781846421792

1846421799

9781417552870

1417552875

OCLC:

228040048