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Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality

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By (author): Olga Bogdashina

In this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new 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.

Examining the 'whys' and 'hows' of the senses, and the role of language, Olga Bogdashina challenges common perceptions of what it means to be 'normal' and 'abnormal'. In doing so she shows that autism can help to illuminate our understanding of what it means to be human, and of how we develop faculties that shape our cognition, language, and behaviour. In the final chapter, she explores phenomena often associated with the paranormal - including premonitions, telepathy and déjà vu - and shows that these can largely be explained in natural terms.

This book will appeal to anyone with a personal or professional interest in autism, including students and researchers, clinical practitioners, individuals on the autism spectrum and their families, teachers, speech and occupational therapists, and other professionals.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 345g
  • Dimensions: 164 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Jul 2010
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781849050425

About Olga Bogdashina

Professor Olga Bogdashina MA PhD DEd CO-founder of and Programme Leader (Autism courses) at the International Autism Institute KSPU and co-founder of the International Consortium of Autism Institutes. She has worked extensively in the field of autism as a teacher lecturer and researcher with a particular interest in sensory-perceptual cognitive and communication problems. She is a Visiting Professor in Autism Studies at universities around the world develops university (Autism Study) courses and training programmes for professionals and parents presents at national and international autism conferences and is an autism consultant for services for children and adults. Olga has an adult son with autism and lives in Yorkshire UK.

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