A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World Paperback - 2007
by Antonetta, Susanne
- Used
This fascinating blend of memoir, journalism, and science reveals how much "normally" functioning people can learn from those with neurological disorders such as depression, multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, and autism.
Description
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Details
- Title A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World
- Author Antonetta, Susanne
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher TarcherPerigee, New York
- Date 2007-09-06
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # T13O-00416
- ISBN 9781585425181 / 1585425184
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 6.33 x 0.72 in (21.08 x 16.08 x 1.83 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Psychology, Pathological
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.89
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Summary
In this fascinating literary memoir, Susanne Antonetta draws on her personal experience as a manic-depressive, as well as interviews with people with multiple personality disorder, autism, and other neurological conditions, to form an intimate meditation on mental "disease." She traces the many capabilities-the visual consciousness of an autistic, for example, or the metaphoric consciousness of a manic-depressive-that underlie these and other mental "disabilities."
A stunning portrait of how the world shapes itself in minds that are profoundly different from the norm, A Mind Apart urges readers to look beyond the concept of cures to the gifts inherent in many neuroatypical conditions. Employing a wide-ranging approach to her subject, Antonetta provides a rare glimpse into the wildly varying landscapes of human thought, perception, and emotion.
