Uniquely human : a different way of seeing autism / by Barry M. Prizant, PhD, with Tom Fields-Meyer.
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SoundPublisher number: ZMbok8 | Blackstone AudiobooksPublisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, [2015]Copyright date: ℗2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 1 MP3 CD (approximately 9 hr.) : digital ; 12 cmContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audiodiscISBN: 9781504655705Subject(s): Autism in children | AutismGenre/Form: Audiobooks. DDC classification: 618.9285882 Read by P.J. Ochlan.Summary: "Uniquely Human" is a groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world s leading experts, who portrays autism not as a tragic disability, but as a unique way of being human.Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of autistic symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant, an internationally renowned autism expert, offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most successful approaches to autism don t aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but by seeking to understand the individual s experience and what underlies the behavior.In "Uniquely Human," Dr.
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"Uniquely Human" is a groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world s leading experts, who portrays autism not as a tragic disability, but as a unique way of being human.Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of autistic symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant, an internationally renowned autism expert, offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most successful approaches to autism don t aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but by seeking to understand the individual s experience and what underlies the behavior.In "Uniquely Human," Dr.
Read by P.J. Ochlan.
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