Beautifully different : autism : viewing the world through a different lens / Makiko.
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TextPublisher: Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester, UK : Matador, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 106 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781783063895Subject(s): Makiko | Autism in children -- Pictorial works | Photography, ArtisticSummary: PHOTOGRAPHS: COLLECTIONS. Beautifully Different is a photographic book about children with high-functioning autism who attended a programme run by Dr. Rebecca Landa at the renowned Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) in Maryland, U.S.A., which offers some of the best early intervention therapy in the world. As the number of diagnosed cases of autism increases exponentially, media coverage of the disorder grows more prevalent. However, the cases most often highlighted are those that are the most severe. The focus on these children may sound the alarm to the public, but it leaves a certain group on the sidelines. Those with high-functioning autism are rarely profiled in the media. Highly verbal, remarkably intelligent and often phenomenally gifted, they represent the 'bright' side of the disorder. They can show us that an autism diagnosis need not be a dead end, but rather a diversion. This book hopes to shed light on this.
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"Introduction by Dr. Rebecca Landa of the Kennedy Krieger Institute" -- Cover.
PHOTOGRAPHS: COLLECTIONS. Beautifully Different is a photographic book about children with high-functioning autism who attended a programme run by Dr. Rebecca Landa at the renowned Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) in Maryland, U.S.A., which offers some of the best early intervention therapy in the world. As the number of diagnosed cases of autism increases exponentially, media coverage of the disorder grows more prevalent. However, the cases most often highlighted are those that are the most severe. The focus on these children may sound the alarm to the public, but it leaves a certain group on the sidelines. Those with high-functioning autism are rarely profiled in the media. Highly verbal, remarkably intelligent and often phenomenally gifted, they represent the 'bright' side of the disorder. They can show us that an autism diagnosis need not be a dead end, but rather a diversion. This book hopes to shed light on this.
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