Autism in a Decentered World

by Alice Wexler and Alice J. Wexler

Book Overview

Autistic people are empirically and scientifically generalized as living in a fragmented, alternate reality, without a coherent continuous self. In Part I, this book presents recent neuropsychological research and its implications for existing theories of autism, selfhood, and identity, challenging common assumptions about the formation and structure of the autistic self and autism's relationship to neurotypicality. Through several case studies in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138818577
• ISBN13: 9781138818576
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"