i've held a fascination about Asperger's Syndrome and Autism ever since I read Oliver Sacks' (genius)
"Anthropologist on Mars" about academic Temple Grandin, who was one of the first people with the diagnosis to describe her world from the inside including her connections to animals, and struggle with human intimacy. a few years ago, while in social work school, i had an amazing first-hand experience
working with 3 and 4 year olds who were on the
Pervasive Developmental Disorder spectrum. these children were so lovable, but the world was so vastly different in their eyes.
now comes a new book, which i'm very interested in, but haven't read yet. if anyone has, i'd love to know what you think.
as a side note, this guy is the older brother of augusten burroughs. their little convo about the book is pretty funny.
my apologies for the incoherency of this post.
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