Hello all,
In the current issue of the NY Review of Books, there is an article by
Oliver Sacks in which he reviews a book written by an autistic person. I
have excerpted the first paragraph, but I just noticed that you can get
the entire article at
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWfeatdisplay.cgi?20010329004F
Jeff
P.S. And I'm swearing off any cynical attempts at humor from this point
on. Starting now, I never again will post a frivolous message! They all
will exhibit complete seriousness (or is it seriosity?).
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March 29, 2001
Leaving Nirvana
OLIVER SACKS
"In 1967, a remarkable book was published, The Siege, by Clara Claiborne
Park, an account of her daughter�s first eight years. It was remarkable
on several counts. It was the first �inside� (as opposed to clinical)
account of an autistic child�s development and life; and it was written
with an intelligence, a clearsightedness, an insight, and a love that
brought out to the full the absolute strangeness, the �otherness,� of
the autistic mind. It also brought out how much an empathetic
understanding could help to lay �siege� to autism�s seemingly
impregnable isolation.".......
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Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213
9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298
Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626
"Science must begin with myths and with the criticism of myths"
Karl Popper
Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS)
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