Olga Bogdashina

Autism and the Edges of the Known World

Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bogdashina explores theories of sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and quantum mechanics, she looks at how the nature of the senses inform an individual's view of the world, and how language both reflects and constructs that view.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050425
• ISBN-10: 1849050422
• Artikelnr.: 28898879

Autorenporträt

Olga Bogdashina, MA Education (Autism), PhD (Linguistics) has worked extensively in the field of autism as teacher, lecturer and researcher, with a particular interest in sensory-perceptual and communication problems in autism. Since 1994, she has been the director of the first Day Centre for autistic children in Ukraine and the President of the Autism Society, Ukraine. Olga teaches and lectures around the world. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Birmingham University and Consultant Psychologist for Services for Adults with Autism, UK. She has an adult son with autism.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Foreword by Theo Peeters. Introduction. 1. Sensory
Realities. 2. Filtering Model 3. Side-Notes: A Few Questions to Ask. 4.
Gestalt Perception. 5. Sensory Perceptual Development. 6. Hidden Agenda of
Language. 7. Non-Verbal Communication. 8. Sensory Hypersensitivities. 9.
Side-Notes: Before We Go Further. 10. Extrasensory Realities in Autism. End
Notes. References. Index.