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OverviewTHIS is the first book to be written by autistic college students about 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. Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome or with High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own words, they portray how their divergent thinking skills could be put to great use if they were given an opportunity. Many such students who could approach some of our society's most complex problems in new and exciting ways never get the chance because the same sensitivity that gives them these insights makes the flicker of fluorescent lights and the sound of chalk on the board unbearable. For simple - and easily remedied - reasons, we lose these students, who are as gifted as they are challenged. Aquamarine Blue 5 is a showcase of the strength and resilient character of individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. It will be an invaluable resource for those touched by this syndrome, their friends and families, and school and university administrators everywhere. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dawn Prince-HughesPublisher: Ohio University Press Imprint: Swallow Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9780804010535ISBN 10: 0804010536 Pages: 134 Publication Date: 30 November 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsThese 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. - Clara Claiborne Park, 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."" - Clara Claiborne Park, author of Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism Author InformationDawn Prince-Hughes, who has Asperger's Syndrome, is an adjunct professor of anthropology at Western Washington University. Known best for her work with apes, she has received critical acclaim for her book, Gorillas among Us: A Primate Ethnographer's Book of Days. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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