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Autism and the edges of the known world : sensitivities, language and constructed reality / Olga Bogdashina ; foreword by Theo Peeters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bogdashina, Olga.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autism.
- Interpersonal communication.
- Senses and sensation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bogdashina explores theories of sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and quantum mechanics, she looks at how the nature of the senses inform an individual's view of the world, and how language both reflects and constructs that view.
- Contents:
- Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Sensory Realities; 2. Filtering Model; 3. Side-Notes: A Few Questions to Ask; 4. Gestalt Perception; 5. Sensory Perceptual Development; 6. Hidden Agenda of Language; 7. Non-Verbal Communication; 8. Sensory Hypersensitivities; 9. Side-Notes: Before We Go Further; 10. Extrasensory Realities in Autism (WithPossible Explanations); AFTERWORD; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781283907002
- 1283907003
- 9780857002396
- 0857002392
- OCLC:
- 711747273
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