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Dr Wing, MD, FRCPsych. Consultant Psychiatrist
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My World is not Your World
by Alison Hale
I found this book fascinating and
illuminating. It is the autobiography of a young
woman of high intelligence but disabled because
she was born with an autistic spectrum disorder.
She has a variety of autism which is known as
Asperger's syndrome.
Alison Hale describes in vivid
detail the motor and perceptual problems she
experienced from birth and her major difficulties
in understanding other people and how to
communicate with them. As her title suggests, she
feels that she lives in a different world from
other humans who are not autistic. But, despite
the difficulties and the pain of the effort, she
is trying to find a way of fitting in to a small
corner of the 'normal' world by using her special
gifts in the fields of mathematics and
electronics.
The book gives a remarkable
insight into the world of autism. It calls into
question things that the rest of us take for
granted and shows how much our ideas of outward
reality depend upon our perceptions. It would
provide an invaluable guide for parents and
professionals who want to understand people with
autistic spectrum disorders. It would also be of
great interest to anyone with an enquiring mind
who enjoys thinking about the world from an
entirely new and different point of view.
Dr Lorna Wing, MD, FRCPsych.
Consultant Psychiatrist
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Dr Lorna Wing has 40 years of experience in the field of autism and learning disabilities through her work with the Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Unit, London. Her published work on the subject of autism has challenged and changed the thinking in the field. In the early days she questioned that Kanners autism was a single separate entity and through her research work with Judith Gould this led to the now accepted concept of a spectrum of autistic conditions.
She has influenced researchers not only in the UK but worldwide. As a parent herself of a daughter with autism she has always championed the rights of parents. As a founder member of The National Autistic Society she continues to support the work of the charity.
Although officially retired, Dr Wing continues to act as Consultant to the NAS Lorna Wing Centre for Autism.
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