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The Hidden World Of Asperger Syndrome

Lawrence Osborne

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ISBN:	9780387218076
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Psicología
Subtema:	Personalidad
Año de publicación:	2007-05-08

Aspergers 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, its 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 Aspergers) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.

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