Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome - Hardcover

Paradiz, Valerie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074320445X ISBN 13: 9780743204453

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2002

Synopsis

Just as awareness of ADD, depression, and dyslexia has exploded in recent years, so has a new understanding of autism and Asperger's syndrome. Elijah's Cup is a pioneering work that gives an insider's view of the disease.

About this title

Review:

Maria AspergerChild PsychiatristSixty years ago, my father, the Austrian pediatrician, Hans Asperger, revealed the appealing and often overlooked qualities of these unusual children. He also showed how we even find some resonance of their difficult traits within ourselves. Now it's time for us to hear more directly the voice of autistic people and that of their parents. Valerie Paradiz has given us a precious gift of a book, full of her own experiences with her son.

About the Author:

Valerie Paradiz was born in Colorado and has lived and worked in Germany and Japan. For several years she has taught literature and writing at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. She lives with her son in Woodstock, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 074320445X
• ISBN 13: 9780743204453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256