TY - SOUND AU - Prizant,Barry M. AU - Fields-Meyer,Thomas AU - Ochlan,P.J. TI - Uniquely human: a different way of seeing autism SN - 9781504655705 U1 - 618.9285882 23 PY - 2015///] CY - [Ashland, Or.] PB - Blackstone Audio KW - Autism in children KW - Autism KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Blackstone Audio. ZMbok8; Read by P.J. Ochlan N2 - "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 ER -