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- Title
- Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism
- Author
- Nazeer, Kamran
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1582346208
- ISBN 13
- 9781582346205
In 1982, when he was four years old, Kamran Nazeer was enrolled in a special school alongside a dozen other children diagnosed with autism. Calling themselves the Idiots, these kids received care that was at the cutting edge of developmental psychology. Now a policy adviser in England, Kamran decides to visit four of his old classmates to find out the kind of lives that they are living now, how much theyve been able to overcomeand what remains missing.
Bringing to life the texture of autistic lives and the limitations that the condition presents, Nazeer also relates the ways in which those can be eased over time, and with the right treatment.Using his own experiences to examine such topics as the difficulties of language, conversation as performance, and the politics of civility, Send in the Idiots is also a rare and provocative exploration of the way that peopleall peoplelearn to think and feel. Written with unmatched insight and striking personal testimony, Kamran Nazeers account is a stunning, invaluable, and utterly unique contribution to the literature of what makes us human.
Bringing to life the texture of autistic lives and the limitations that the condition presents, Nazeer also relates the ways in which those can be eased over time, and with the right treatment.Using his own experiences to examine such topics as the difficulties of language, conversation as performance, and the politics of civility, Send in the Idiots is also a rare and provocative exploration of the way that peopleall peoplelearn to think and feel. Written with unmatched insight and striking personal testimony, Kamran Nazeers account is a stunning, invaluable, and utterly unique contribution to the literature of what makes us human.
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About the Author
Kamran Nazeer grew up in New York, Jeddah, Islamabad, and Glasgow. He has a PhD in Legal Philosophy from Oxford and currently works as a Policy Advisor for the British government. He has published work in U.K. newspapers and magazines.
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