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by Donna Williams (Author) "You probably take it for granted that when you experienced yourself, you can at the same time also experience the room you are in, the..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 131 pages
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers (1 May 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853026123
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853026126
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The author addresses the question of how things are sensed using her experience as a person with autism. Williams sees perception as having three stages and argues that these stages are moved through progressively during development, to the detriment of the adult. Williams proposes adopting a more holistic viewpoint to provide a new perspective.

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I'm not an expert. I'm a social philosopher. As a sociologist, teacher and researcher, I try to avoid talking about pathology and look at processes. I take a stance closer to that of social psychology and raise the issues and perspectives that scientists then explore. My text books have become foundation texts in special education and psychology courses and have changed the treatment, education and educational environments of people on the autistic spectrum quite dramatically over the last ten years. My works are unapologetically controversial and about far more than autism spectrum conditions. I have written about sensory perceptual disorders and differences, cognitive and information processing differences, anxiety disorders, sensing and intuition, about identity, personality and co-dependency, about communication disorders and differences, about condition versus culture and most importantly about the person, individuality, daring and humility. I do not claim at any!
time that autism is any one thing, quite the contrary, I claim it is very diverse and far more like a fruit salad, the combinations of which differ from person to person as do the multitude of underlying causes and the wholistic means of addressing them. My books are read far outside of the autism world alone and as autism is merely normal processes with the volume turned way up, many of the issues I write about give non-autistic people surprising insights into themselves.

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3.0 out of 5 stars thought provoking, 20 Nov 1998
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sometimes hard to grasp the intent of the writing but never the less it is informative and magnetic a real insight into feelings and experiences of an autistic person
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and Fascinating, 28 Jan 2006
This is a book about the experience of sensing not the mechanics of perception... it is philosophy, not science. The basis of the book is the idea that most people move quickly on from sensing the world to interpreting it, but that autistic people either remain in the sensing stage or never quite fully let go of it. I identified with a lot of the thoughts and experiences related here and found it interesting and enjoyable to read. I think there are many people who might not 'get' where this is coming from though... from those who do not understand her philosophical approach and mistake it for bad science to those who take every word literally and mistake this for a book about the paranormal. This isn't a book suitable for everybody, but if you have enjoyed Donna's other books or are in to self analysis and exploration I think you'll find this delicious.
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