Discovering my autism : apologia pro vita sua (with apologies to Cardinal Newman) /: apologia pro vita sua (with apologies to Cardinal Newman). (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edgar Schneider.
• Other Names: Schneider, Edgar, 1932-
• Contents: Prologue. 1. The determining time period. 2. Aftermath. 3. Resolution, of a sort. 4. Suspicions. 5. A revelation. 6. Recap of a terrible period. 7. Correlating my past life. 8. An interesting aside. 9. My tastes. 10. What I mean by the word `love'. 11. A missing faculty. 12. Two perilous characteristics. 13. Can `heartless' pity be real? 14. Grief. 15. Death and the afterlife. 16. Solitude and loneliness. 17. Learning. 18. Values manufested during military service. 19. Interactions with others. 20. Art as an early outlet. 21. Religion. 22. Disclaimers about religion. 23. A perhaps dangerous characteristic. 24. The upshot of this self-discovery. 25. Is a future close relationship possible? 26. Waxing philosophical about `love' among the non-autistic. 27. The emotional deficit. 28. Self-compensating. 29. Our own country. 30. Retrospect. 31. What I have tried to do here. 32. Conclusion. 33. Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: London Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource (123 pages), 1 illustration
• Subjects: 616.89/82/0092; B; Biography: General; Autistic people -- Biography; PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Schizophrenia; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical; Autistic people; Autistic Disorder -- Personal Narratives; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1417552875; 9781417552870; 1846421799; 9781846421792
• Related ISBNs: 1853027243
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.