Adventures in Autism
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Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism by Paul Collins
In this episode I chat with fellow autism mom, Sarah, all about her journey with her son, Aidan. I loved talking to Sarah and I hope you enjoy listening! Rachael also shares her experience as an autism sibling and growing up with her older brother, who is on the spectrum. Rachael and I had a great honest conversation where we discussed many topics all within the realm of autism.
I hope you enjoy listening! Episode Getting through the early days of an autism diagnosis. Nicole talks all about her personal journey with her son, and how that lead her to starting Soothing Stitches, which is a nonprofit that makes weighted blankets for people on the spectrum. Nicole is so inspiring and we had a great conversation.
Episode Good vibes only, with my guest Jaime. In this episode I chat with fellow autism Mom, Jaime, all about her journey with her son, Blake. Jaime has such a great positive attitude and her and I really bonded over that. Episode The five biggest challenges from my personal POV! But I wanted to keep it real because there definitely are struggles in this journey. I prefer the play therapy that I have seen used, it's intense interaction but it focuses on the child's interest and you slowly draw them out. It's a lot of work and it takes a few years for some to make a breakthrough, but I prefer that than forcing their attention, it can induce a meltdown, we are 'safe' in our inner worlds, that's all I can say on that.
But this is a great book. Mar 23, Kate Thompson rated it it was amazing. I was really moved by this and keep thinking about the way the author slowly unfolded the narrative. There is very little internal from the author the father - he sets up scenes with his son and lets us witness the trials and triumphs of learning about his child. You realize along the way that he himself is definitely on the autism spectrum, and it makes you appreciate the way that parents have a special understanding of their progeny. The compassion and acceptance both parents show to their s I was really moved by this and keep thinking about the way the author slowly unfolded the narrative.
The compassion and acceptance both parents show to their son is admirable. While I like Collins' style I was less interested in the historical narrative of Peter the Wild Boy which interweaves with Morgan's story, largely because the latter is so compelling.
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But his prose style is so strong I'm planning to check out his first novel. Sep 17, Nichola rated it really liked it Shelves: An Interesting book, almost two books interspersed, like shuffling a deck of cards, bringing them together by allowing the reader to make their own connections between his historical research and the day-to-day life of the author and his young son. There must be so many more stories out there. The only thing lacking seemed to be his emotional response to his real li An Interesting book, almost two books interspersed, like shuffling a deck of cards, bringing them together by allowing the reader to make their own connections between his historical research and the day-to-day life of the author and his young son.
The only thing lacking seemed to be his emotional response to his real life family's challenge of a wonderful son with autism; he most often details his behaviors or lack of response in very matter of fact scenes. He seemed to truly appreciate the child's point of view and NOT pathologist every response the boy made- but eventually he does reveal some level of distress, which legitimized his investment in this writing and drew me in until I was sorry when it ended. Collins descrive episodi della loro vita quotidiana con affetto e dolcezza, intervallandoli a vari excursus nel mondo dell'autismo.
Jul 17, Edward is currently reading it. I look forward to reading it, because Paul and Jennifer seem to have a unique approach, seeing the continuum of autism, and even the empirical advantages of being able to see the world through the eyes of an autistic person, in this case their son. As a historian, I also appreciate the historical dimensions of both Paul's book and also Jennifer's youth- I just got this book, after hearing a fascinating discussion among Paul Collins, Jennifer Elder, his wife, and Krista Tippit on NPR this morning.
As a historian, I also appreciate the historical dimensions of both Paul's book and also Jennifer's youth-reader effort, Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes. Jan 05, Erin rated it it was amazing Shelves: Paul Collins is quickly becoming one of my favorite newly-discovered authors. After reading his wonderfully funny Sixpence House, I knew I needed to try something else. This one starts where Sixpence House left off, when his family has moved back to the US and at the age of about three, his son Morgan is given an autistic spectrum diagnosis.
Having worked with autistic and other special-needs kids at a previous job, many of the behaviors he described were very familiar to me, though I never work Paul Collins is quickly becoming one of my favorite newly-discovered authors. Having worked with autistic and other special-needs kids at a previous job, many of the behaviors he described were very familiar to me, though I never worked with anyone quite so young. This book was not as humorous as his last understandable and completely appropriate given the topic , but I actually thought it showed a lot more depth in the writing.
Highly, highly recommended, and not just for anyone with connections to autism. May 13, Michael rated it it was amazing. We received our son's autism diagnosis a few months before I began reading Not Even Wrong. Having read and loved Collins' earlier works, I was eager to read it, and wasn't disappointed once I started. He manages to capture, so eloquently and subtly, the experience of coming to grips with the autism diagnosis in his own son, Morgan, while simultaneously telling the intriguing stories of historical figures who may also have had autism.
I would recommend this book to any parent who is starting the We received our son's autism diagnosis a few months before I began reading Not Even Wrong. I would recommend this book to any parent who is starting the autism journey with their child, but I think anyone would find it a fascinating read.
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Nov 19, Amy Alstrum rated it it was amazing. I spent a good portion of my adult life working with individuals on the autism spectrum, many of whom were nonverbal or had limited verbal capabilities. I was there to watch the evolution of their verbal language, which was nothing short of beautiful.
Many parts of this book take me back to the wonder I felt watching my clients connect the dots to verbal communication. Aug 26, Iamshadow rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Can't recommend this one enough. Collins not only discusses his son's autism and he and his wife's "traits" that might be considered slightly autistic in nature, but delves quite deeply into the history of autism and historical figures who may have been autistic.
Nov 01, Contessa marked it as to-read. It's always interesting to read how ASD effects different families. I have thought about writing one about the wonderful adventures I've had with my son, now I'll let you know my thoughts once I finish. View all 4 comments. Apr 29, Ms. A Father's Journey into the Lost History of Autism depicts a collage of objects significant to Collins' son Morgan and the diversions the author encounters during his research.
In a way, it is a reflection of autism itself: A collage of symptoms and behaviors. Thus we are introduced to the notion of a syndrome -- a collection of extreme idiosyncrasies. One of Morgan's most astonishing feats is the correct alignment of the planets on the window in the exact spot where they can be viewed as if they are suspended in the sky.
Adventures in Autism
Such moments of revealed vision are breathtaking. If the first reaction to their son's diagnosis is denial, the second is immersion in research. It is here that author Paul Collins reveals his own uniqueness. There is a genetic component to autism, and Paul looks back into his own childhood. Tantrums at school due to extreme frustration; the sense of being overwhelmed by too many noises, demands, social cues, chaotic voices, people, random sounds and objects; difficulties with sustained focused listening, and overfocusing when an activity is of interest, but not necessarily the subject at hand — many readers will recognize some of the symptoms of attention deficit disorder.
But that can be a good thing.
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The same associative thought patterns seem to guide the structure of this book. One riff takes him from the door of the Earlswood Museum, to Dr. Frederick Sano's drawing of James Henry Pullen's brain, to the treatment of mental disturbance in the 's , to Dr. Langdon Down's innovations at the Earlswood Asylum, to the parsing of autism from retardation.
His narrative is always so engaging, so focused on the fruit of his endless curiosity, that the reader often emerges from a passage wondering how exactly he got there.
Much of Collins' story is poignant. We watch a year-long struggle in a special school as he and his wife try various techniques to encourage Morgan to communicate verbally — the first small step at opening up the door to the concept of otherness. It is the opening to a wide-ranging discussion from the autobiography of Temple Grandin to our capacity for nonverbal communication. The Liberty Dog Program pairs prison inmates with a training program for dogs destined to work with the disabled visit the web address: The story ends when he views a photography of a child named Liam with his dog.
Liam is an autist. It is a look that recognizes friendship. Collins' research always feels alive. To tell that story, he journeys to Berkhamsted and reads the correspondence of contemporaries such as Jonathan Swift.
When he visits Vienna or quotes from a book, it is as if he is visiting the ghost of Freud, or relating a conversation with Hans Asperger. A visit to the Microsoft campus, and a discussion with Dr. Simon Baron Cohen brings us back, inevitably, to an essential question about these spectrum disorders.
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What distinguishes enthusiasm from obsession? What divides introversion from an inability to socialize? Is there a re-configuration of the genes of a great engineer or musician that also dips into autism? We assume we are swimming in a sea of normality, but how many are pretending to fit in? It is a twist on the Turing test where a computer fools us into believing it is human — people pretending to meet a seemingly arbitrary set of social expectations.
Fate plays such a pronounced role in the happiness of each individual autist. To someone with great focus, the fascination is the point.
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It was blind, brilliant, dumb luck that we had an Isaac Newton who focused on something that other people found important. There are Newtons of refrigerator parts, Newtons of painted light bulbs, Newtons of train schedules, Newtons of bits of string. Isaac Newton happened to be the Newton of Newtonian physics, and you cannot have him without having the others, too.
May 02, Erin Isgett rated it really liked it. Wonderful book written by the father of an autistic son. I love that he weaves the stories of other autistic people from the past and present into his own son's story. I recorded a few quotes that I just loved to keep for my own memory , and I'll share them here as well: He collects broken bits of language like a magpie, gathering stray threads of conversation; and he arranges them into a nest, comforta Wonderful book written by the father of an autistic son.
He collects broken bits of language like a magpie, gathering stray threads of conversation; and he arranges them into a nest, comfortable to him and bafflingly strange to anyone else. But there's an irony to this, for precisely the opposite is true. They are us, and to understand them is to begin to understand what it means to be human. A child tugs at his or her parents and whispers, "Where's that man's arm? Other animals are social, but only humans are capable of abstract logic. The autistic outhuman the humans, and we can scarcely recognize the result. It's that you are destroying the peg.
What if normal school makes you abnormally miserable? And what if growing up into normal society makes you a miserable adult? Do you want to be in the mainstream if it's going to drown you? May 06, Jennifer Stock rated it really liked it. Great help in understanding autism from a parents perspective. I was intrigued by his book's title, knowing its reference as I do. I got antsy during most some of the book's historical bits the "Lost History of Autism" parts see the subtitle.
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In this episode I chat with fellow autism mom, Sarah, all about her journey with her son, Aidan. I loved talking to Sarah and I hope you enjoy listening! Rachael also shares her experience as an autism sibling and growing up with her older brother, who is on the spectrum.