Aquamarine Blue 5 by Dawn Prince-Hughes
This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole.Dawn
“This is the first book to be written by autistic college students who have been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome or with High Functioning AutismIt demonstrates their unique way of looking at and solving problems and the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggles of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. "Her unusual approach to understanding human behavior leads to powerfully clear analysis of the problems faced by people with Autism.” * ForeWord *
“These essays… exhibit a level of awareness, effective writing, and sophisticated understanding of the world they must cope with that are usually thought beyond the capabilities of even the highest-functioning people with autism.” * author of Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter’s Life with Autism *
“These essays… exhibit a level of awareness, effective writing, and sophisticated understanding of the world they must cope with that are usually thought beyond the capabilities of even the highest-functioning people with autism.” * author of Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter’s Life with Autism *
Dawn Prince-Hughes lives in Bellingham, Washington. She is the author of the best-selling memoir Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism. Her other books include Gorillas among Us: A Primate Ethnographer.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780804010542 |
| Title | Aquamarine Blue 5 |
| Release date | 2002-11-30 |
| Studio | Swallow Press |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| Edited by | Dawn Prince-Hughes |