Reasonable people : a memoir of autism & adoption : on the meaning of family and the politics of neurological difference
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Published
New York : Other Press, c2007.
Format
Book
ISBN
1590511298, 9781590511299
Physical Desc
xxxi, 463 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
Corvallis Public Library - Adult Non Fiction Book
616.85882 SAVARESE
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616.85882 SAVARESE
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Published
New York : Other Press, c2007.
Language
English
ISBN
1590511298, 9781590511299
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-460).
Description
"Why would someone adopt a badly abused, non-speaking, six-year-old from foster care?" So, the author was asked at the outset of his adoption-as-a-first-resort adventure. Part love story, part political manifesto about "living with conviction in a cynical time," the memoir traces the development of DJ, a boy written off as profoundly retarded and now, six years later, earning all "A"s at a regular school. Neither a typical saga of autism nor simply a challenge to expert opinion, Reasonable People illuminates the belated emergence of a self in language. And it does so using DJ's own words expressed through the once discredited but now resurgent technique of facilitated communication (FC).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Savarese, R. J. (2007). Reasonable people: a memoir of autism & adoption : on the meaning of family and the politics of neurological difference . Other Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Savarese, Ralph James. 2007. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism & Adoption : On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference. Other Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism & Adoption : On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference Other Press, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism & Adoption : On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference Other Press, 2007.
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