Download or read book Autistic Rhapsody written by Alan Griswold and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2023-04-23 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consolidating and expanding upon the ideas from his previous works (Autistic Symphony, Autistic Songs, and Concerto for Intelligence), Griswold’s Autistic Rhapsody offers a unique and innovative perspective upon the events of the human revolution, including a compelling explanation for the origin of human behavioral modernity. Drawing on the notion of Big History for context and perspective, and challenging the conventional wisdom regarding such topics as human evolution, the Flynn effect and autism, Autistic Rhapsody celebrates human history by offering new insights into how that history has unfolded.
Download or read book Autistic Rhapsody written by Alan Griswold and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2023-04-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consolidating and expanding upon the ideas from his previous works (Autistic Symphony, Autistic Songs, and Concerto for Intelligence), Griswold's Autistic Rhapsody offers a unique and innovative perspective upon the events of the human revolution, including a compelling explanation for the origin of human behavioral modernity. Drawing on the notion of Big History for context and perspective, and challenging the conventional wisdom regarding such topics as human evolution, the Flynn effect and autism, Autistic Rhapsody celebrates human history by offering new insights into how that history has unfolded.
Download or read book Rhapsody written by Carmela Vizcarra and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ali, a spunky, silent and socially-inept sixteen year-old girl with big dreams to fly, is bombarded with the latest catastrophe of her life: Her mother dies in a mysterious and tragic death in a private asylum in London where she is kept, unleashing a chain of unfortunate events which sends her spiraling into a world of mystery, music, arts, and- the unexpected.
Download or read book Rhapsody written by Hal Duncan and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author and critic Hal Duncan turns his analytic eye towards the development and current state of speculative fiction in American and English writing in the pages of Rhapsody. Duncan's trademark wry humor and suffer-no-fools approach to critiquing the genre will make this book more than a resource for students of the field--anyone who enjoys reading tales of the fantastical and strange can find Duncan's insight worthwhile to read again and again.
Download or read book Gourmet Rhapsody written by Muriel Barbery and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A French food critic faces his mortality in an “entertaining [and] witty” novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Newsday). In the heart of Paris, in the same posh building made famous in The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Pierre Arthens, the greatest food critic in the world, is dying. Revered by some and reviled by many, Monsieur Arthens has been lording it over the world’s most esteemed chefs for years, passing judgment on their creations, deciding their fates with a stroke of his pen, destroying and building reputations on a whim. But now, during his final hours, his mind has turned to simpler things. He is desperately searching for that singular flavor, that sublime something once sampled, never forgotten, the flavor par excellence. Indeed, this flamboyant and self-absorbed man desires only one thing before he dies: one last taste. Thus begins a charming voyage that traces the career of Monsieur Arthens from childhood to maturity across a celebration of all manner of culinary delights. Alternating with the voice of the supercilious Arthens is a chorus belonging to his acquaintances and familiars—relatives, lovers, a would-be protégé, even a cat. Each will have his or her say about M. Arthens, a man who has inspired only extreme emotions in people. Here, as in The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery’s story celebrates life’s simple pleasures and sublime moments while condemning the arrogance and vulgarity of power. “Lush and satisfying prose.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Bauhinia Rhapsody written by Janine Coel and published by Janine Coel. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Eighteen-year-old Tatie is a dreamer girl from post-communist Slovenia who has one goal in mind: escape the uncreative environment that surrounds her and become a badass Hollywood screenwriter. To get inspiration for her action-packed story, she goes on a student exchange program to Hong Kong and soon finds herself in a series of madcap adventures. When Walt, an ambitious Texan grooming himself to be the next U.S. President, takes interest in her, she's not sure of his sincerity. Especially because he seems to have more in common with her rival, Vivian, who already behaves and dresses as if she were the next Secretary of State. From failed romantic dates to a disastrous babysitting job, Tatie must regain her focus on what she really came to Hong Kong for. She finds comfort in Charlie, the brother she never had and a retired MMA fighter with excellent knowledge of martial arts, who inspires her to follow her passion and offers to write the fight scenes for her screenplay. But her heart has other plans. When she finds out that Walt and Vivian are flying to Beijing the same weekend, she follows them. Juggling her studies and a quirky romance, will she be able to finish her masterpiece before the semester is over? Join Tatie on her adventures and explore the highlights of Hong Kong, China, and Slovenia, learn about legends who made history, find out how Oscar-winning screenplays are written, and get sentimental in a secret bauhinia garden.
Download or read book Fearlessly Different written by Mickey Rowe and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... powerfully renders what it’s like to live life to the fullest." Publishers Weekly Starred Review My name is Mickey Rowe. I am an actor, a theatre director, a father, and a husband. I am also a man with autism. You think those things don’t go together? Let me show you that they do. Growing up, Mickey Rowe was told that he couldn’t enter the mainstream world. He was iced out by classmates and colleagues, infantilized by well-meaning theatre directors, barred from even earning a minimum wage. Why? Because he is autistic. Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage is Mickey Rowe’s story of growing up autistic and pushing beyond the restrictions of a special education classroom to shine on the stage. As an autistic and legally blind person, living in a society designed by and for non-disabled people, it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was apparently incapable of doing. But Mickey did them all anyway—and he succeeded because of, not in spite of, his autism. He became the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landed the title role in the play Amadeus, co-created the theatre/philanthropy company Arts on the Waterfront, and founded the National Disability Theatre. Mickey faced untold obstacles along the way, but his story ends in triumph. Many people feel they are locked out of the world of autism—that it’s impossible to even begin to understand. In Fearlessly Different, Mickey guides readers to that world while also helping those with autism to feel seen and understood. And he shows all people—autistic and non-autistic alike—that the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths.
Download or read book I m Sorry My Son s Autistic written by Denis Deasy and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry's world is changing. He's sixteen with a job and a bank account, which is just as well as he needs the dosh to buy more Thomas the Tank Engine DVDs and kit kats. But how will Harry cope with the daunting prospect of a residential school placement? Can visits to see Peckham's outstanding traffic lights and Aldershot's world class charity shops ease his stress? Or will his blossoming romance with Bernadette prove to be the real help he needs to face an uncertain future?
Download or read book The Hidden World of Autism written by Rebecca Chilvers and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the talents and insights of children on the autism spectrum, The Hidden World of Autism presents a collection of writings and drawings contributed by 21 autistic children. The children's work covers topics that are of primary importance in understanding some of the common experiences that children with autism, and their families, go through. These include life before diagnosis, friendships, relationships, feelings, bullying and the future. A key characteristic of having autism is the inability to express emotions; but too often that prevents children with autism from being listened to. This book gives them both a voice and a forum for creative expression and provides direct insight into what having autism means for the children themselves and how they feel about their experiences. This unique collection provides invaluable insights into the autistic experience for professionals, families and friends of children with autism, as well as the children themselves.
Download or read book The Autistic Buddha written by Thomas Clements and published by YOUR STORIES MATTER. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: @page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } a:link { color: #0000ff } Thomas Clements has always been an outsider, preferring to fantasise about the exotic East and lose himself amongst the chaotic sights, sounds and smells of London’s Chinatown rather than face the reality of his existence in Western suburbia. Despite doing badly at school, his natural talent for memorising details and his extraordinary ability to master foreign languages lands him a place at university. But this is not a habitat in which he thrives. Following a stint in a psychiatric ward while on his year abroad in Germany, he secretly drops out from his studies, and from life. When his parents receive an invitation to Clement’s graduation ceremony, where they will discover their son has lied all along and has not attained a degree after all, he does what he always does. He hatches a plan to run away, rather than face reality. This time to a job teaching English in rural China, where he can hide from everyone and everything. But wherever Clements runs, things go from bad to worse: the teaching isn’t what he thought it would be, modern China is not as romantic as he had imagined, people he counts on as friends ultimately move on, and his first encounter with a girl leaves him questioning his identity as a man. It doesn’t matter where Clements tries to hide in the world, his anxiety and depression always get the better of him. Now he finally realises he has nowhere in the world to run, will Clements find a way to gain inner peace before he self-destructs? The Autistic Buddha is a stunning tale of the author’s extraordinary outer and inner journeys to make sense of the world – his world – which is at the same time bravely honest, despairing and inspiring.
Download or read book Asperger s and Self Esteem written by Norm Ledgin and published by Future Horizons. This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While history has recorded the often prodigious achievements of well-known historical figures it has seldom pointed out the indicators of Asperger's syndrome. This author has identified 12 people from history and recent times who achieved despite traits that are now identified with Asperger's syndrome.
Download or read book Rex written by Cathleen Lewis and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring story of Rex, a boy who is not only blind and autistic, but who also happens to be a musical savant. How can an 11-year old boy hear a Mozart fantasy for the first time and play it back note-for-note perfectly-but struggle to navigate the familiar surroundings of his own home? Cathleen Lewis says her son Rex's laugh of total abandon is the single most joyous sound anyone could hear, but his tortured aversion to touch and sound breaks her heart and makes her wonder what God could have had in mind. In this book she shares the mystery of Rex and the highs, lows, hopes, dreams, joy, sorrows, and faith she has journeyed through with him. Endorsements "This memoir documents a musical savant in a way we have not seen before, allowing us to reconsider the limits we place on people with disabilities. Highly recommended for all public libraries and academic libraries with autism and special needs collections." -- Library Journal, 11/25/2008 "Two of the most extraordinary and uplifting people I have ever known. Their story shows the amazingly moving struggle and success that proves love and faith can achieve miracles." -- Jane Seymour, actress, artist, author, and entrepreneur "The remarkable story of a mother's love and a child's indomitable spirit, told in a writer's style that riveted me to the page, is singularly the most important work ever written on the relationship between a parent and a child with disability. For me, as a person who happens to be blind, the experience of reading Rex was an eye-opener I will never forget. Bravo, Cathleen! Bravo, Rex. Your work and your lives will forever change the future of disability in America. -- Tom Sullivan, author of Adventures in Darkness and Together
Download or read book Autistic Symphony written by Alan Griswold and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autistic Symphony offers a unique look at the fascinating subject of autism. Challenging the psychiatric and scientific perspectives that focus exclusively on disabilities and impairments, Autistic Symphony celebrates the challenges and rewards experienced by every autistic individual, and argues that far from being a medical monster, autism is one of our culture's greatest strengths. Through five essays incorporating viewpoints from biology, history, anthropology, religion, science, art, and philosophy, Autistic Symphony explores the possibility autism has much to tell us about our species, and about the development of its modern civilizations.
Download or read book Queerly Autistic written by Erin Ekins and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI CHILDREN'S & YA BOOK PRIZE 'An essential guide' LIZZIE HUXLEY-JONES 'This book is perfect' WENN LAWSON 'One of the most important books in autism literature' CHARLOTTE AMELIA POE 'Wonderfully diverse and vibrant' FOX FISHER In this empowering and honest guide for LGBTQIA+ autistic teens, Erin Ekins gives you all the tools you need to figure out and explore your gender identity and sexuality. From coming out to friends and family, staying safe in relationships and practicing safe sex, through to self-care and coping with bullying, being out and about in the LGBTQIA+ community and undergoing gender transition, this book is filled with essential information, advice, support and resources to help you on your journey, and also works as a primer on all things LGBTQIA+ for non-autistic teens who are just figuring it all out. Written by an inspirational autistic queer woman, this is a must-read for every autistic teen wanting to live their very best queer life.
Download or read book The Majesty of Autism written by Madeline Panichelli & Teresa M. Jackson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a combination of reality and fantasy. The Autistic children live in a different reality than we do. They are beautiful, smart and have meaning in their lives. I truly believe God has a special purpose for their existance. One of those purposes was to educate me. You will read my struggles and their fantastic world where they are unable to help me or communicate with me. Join me in an unusual and sometimes funny story.
Download or read book The Soul of Autism written by William Stillman and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Spiritual Grace of People With Autism. More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes, and cancer ... combined. In Autism and the God Connection, William Still man presented extraordinary accounts of spiritual giftedness in autistic children and adults, persons often deemed intellectually inferior....
Download or read book The Way I See it written by Temple Grandin and published by Future Horizons. This book was released on 2011 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised and expanded edition of the 2008 bestseller, Dr. Grandin, the world's most famous person with autism, reveals the secrets of her success. Grandin gets down to the real issues of autism--the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day.
