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LEADER: 02061cam a22003014a 4500
001 2005020772
003 DLC
005 20141015080141.0
008 050720s2006 nyua 000 0 eng
010 $a 2005020772
020 $a1582346194 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9781582346199 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm61123102
035 $a(OCoLC)61123102
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dBUR$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC553.A88$bN39 2006
082 00 $a616.85/882/00922$222
100 1 $aNazeer, Kamran.
245 10 $aSend in the idiots :$bstories from the other side of autism /$cKamran Nazeer.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bBloomsbury Pub. :$bDistributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,$c2006.
300 $a230 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aIn 1982, at age four, Kamran Nazeer was enrolled in a small school in New York City 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. Kamran visits four of his old classmates to find out the kind of lives that they are living now, how much they've been able to overcome--and what remains missing. They reveal a thought-provoking spectrum of behavior: a speechwriter unable to make eye contact; a messenger who gets upset if anyone touches his bicycle; a depressive suicide victim; and a computer engineer who communicates emotions through hand puppets. Using his own experiences to examine such topics as the difficulties of language, conversation as performance, and the politics of civility, this is also a rare and provocative exploration of the way that people learn to think and feel.--From publisher description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aAutism.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005020772-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005020772-d.html