Rated Outstanding by the American Association of School Libraries This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. "Aquamarine Blue 5" details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger s Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own...
Rated Outstanding by the American Association of School Libraries This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the cha...
This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own words, they portray how their divergent thinking skills could be put to great...
This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these high...
The period just prior to the birth of one's child is a time of deep personal development. Expecting Teryk is an intimate exploration, written in the form of a letter from a parent to her future son, that reclaims a rite of passage that modern society would strip of its magic. Dawn Prince-Hughes, renowed author of Songs of a Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism, considers the ways her disabilities might inform her parenting. She candidly narrates her experience of becoming a parent as part of a lesbian couple-from meeting her partner and the questions they ask about their readiness...
The period just prior to the birth of one's child is a time of deep personal development. Expecting Teryk is an intimate exploration, written in the f...
The period just prior to the birth of one's child is a time of deep personal development. Expecting Teryk is an intimate exploration, written in the form of a letter from a parent to her future son, that reclaims a rite of passage that modern society would strip of its magic. Dawn Prince-Hughes, renowed author of Songs of a Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism, considers the ways her disabilities might inform her parenting. She candidly narrates her experience of becoming a parent as part of a lesbian couple-from meeting her partner and the questions they ask about their readiness...
The period just prior to the birth of one's child is a time of deep personal development. Expecting Teryk is an intimate exploration, written in the f...
Dawn Prince-Hughes is an extraordinary researcher. She does not experiment or measure but instead sits on a wooden bench for hours each day, watching captive gorillas through the enclosure where other visitors average five-second stops. Her patience is rewarded with astounding observations she watches gorillas make and use tools, bury a dead crow, give birth, and comfort and care for each other.
In Gorillas among Us, Prince-Hughes has compressed years of gorilla observation into a composite diary chronicling the days of one gorilla family. She creates a blended...
Dawn Prince-Hughes is an extraordinary researcher. She does not experiment or measure but instead sits on a wooden bench for hours each day,...
This is a book about autism. Specifically, it is about my autism, which is both like and unlike other people s autism. But just as much, it is a story about how I emerged from the darkness of it into the beauty of it. In this elegant and thought-provoking memoir, Dawn Prince-Hughes traces her personal growth from undiagnosed autism to the moment when, as a young woman, she entered the Seattle Zoo and immediately became fascinated with the gorillas. Having suffered from a lifelong inability to relate to people in a meaningful way, Dawn was surprised to find herself irresistibly drawn...
This is a book about autism. Specifically, it is about my autism, which is both like and unlike other people s autism. But just as much, it is a story...
In the tradition of The Man Who Listens to Horses, The Horse Whisperer, and Horse Miracles comes Horse Healers: 50 True Stories of Courage and Hope. Inspired by her work with horses and patients at the National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy, horse lover and author A. Bronwyn Llewellyn brings together the most moving tributes to the healing power of horses ever collected in one volume. With an introduction by Cynthia Ruiz, the internationally known dressage competitor whose own paralysis led her to promote therapeutic riding throughout the world, as well as a foreword by Dawn...
In the tradition of The Man Who Listens to Horses, The Horse Whisperer, and Horse Miracles comes Horse Healers: 50 True Stories of Courage and Hope. I...
