Overview
Autism is old and unruly. It’s been a part of us since we first left handprints on cave walls 40,000 years ago. Autism and Us: Old as Time covers a long-stretch view of its neurological history and how society has judged it. With quotes from old medical records, folk-tale beliefs, and Victorian literature, the book conjures up the 19th century mix of ignorance, cruelty, fumbling knowledge, and surprising love that led to the first medical recognition of autism as a social disorder. From that medically significant recognition has grown our present day neurological and cognitive understanding.
Full Product Details
Author: Eustacia Cutler
Publisher: Future Horizons Incorporated
Imprint: Future Horizons Incorporated
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9781949177909
ISBN 10: 1949177904
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 30 September 2022
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"Cutler gives a unique perspective on the past century of growth in our understanding of the condition"" - Autism Eye"
Exceptionally well written for the benefit of both medical, psychological, educational professionals, as well as parents and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the history and nature of autism, Autism and Us: Old As Time is impressively informative and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in both organization and presentation. It is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community and university libraries, as well as collections for parenting disabled children. Editorial Note: Eustacia Curler's research on autism and retardation created the script for two WGBH television documentaries: The Disquieted and The Innocents. Her book, A Thorn in My Pocket (2006), describes raising her autistic daughter, Temple Grandin, in the conservative world of the '50s when autistic children were routinely diagnosed as infant schizophrenics and banished to institutions. Susan Bethany Midwest Book Review/September 2022
Author Information
Eustacia Cutler, Temple Grandin’s mother, earned a B.A. from Harvard, was a band singer at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, performed and composed for New York cabaret, and wrote school lessons for major TV networks. Her research on autism and other disabilities created the scripts for two WGBH television documentaries: The Disquieted and The Innocents, a prize-winning first. Her 2006 book, A Thorn in My Pocket, describes raising her daughter, Temple Grandin, in the conservative world of the 1950s when autistic children were routinely diagnosed as infant schizophrenics. Today Cutler lectures nationally and internationally on autism and its relation to the rapidly emerging bio-neurological study of brain plasticity. She discusses what causes rigid behavior in autism, the toll it takes on the family, and how current research into the neural nature of consciousness is pointing toward insightful possibilities of change. She lives in New York.
