Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language and Constructed Reality

by Olga Bogdashina and Olga Bogdashina

Book Overview

In this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new 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.

Examining the 'whys' and 'hows' of the senses, and the role of language,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849050422
• ISBN13: 9781849050425
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"