American Normal: The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome

Osborne, Lawrence

Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.

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Published by: Copernicus

Publication Date: 2002-10-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780387953076

DOI: 10.1007/b97540

Dimensions: 234cm x156cm

Pages: 224