Providing a theoretical foundation for understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism, Olga Bogdashina explores the effects of different perceptual and cognitive styles on the communication and language development of autistic children. She stresses the importance of identifying each autistic individual's nonverbal language - which can be visual, tactile, kinaesthetic, auditory, olfactory or gustatory - with a view to establish a shared means of verbal communication. She offers an explanation of why certain approaches, for example PECS, might work with some autistic...

Inspired by the often uncomfortable interplay between autistic individuals, parents and professionals in understanding autistic spectrum conditions, Olga Bogdashina uses the concept of Theory of Mind (ToM) to consider these groups' different (and often conflicting) perspectives. ToM is the ability to imagine and make judgements about what others feel and think; its absence in autistic individuals is called 'mindblindness'. This book addresses the 'mindblindness' of people united in their interest in autism but divided by their different angles and perspectives. Divided into four parts, the...

Publikace se velmi podrobně věnuje specifikům smyslového vnímání u lidí s autismem a s Aspergerovým syndromem. Je určena pro odbornou veřejnost, cenné informace zde však najdou i rodiče dětí s autismem a všichni, kdo se o téma autismu zajímají. Kniha jim pomůže pochopit jednu z podstatných stránek autismu a ukazuje cestu, jak odlišnosti ve smyslovém vnímání diagnostikovat a kompenzovat. Jedinečným přínosem knihy je, že zde autorka shromáždila velké množství výpovědí lidí s vysokofunkčním autismem. Tento pohled na autismus „zevnitř“, tedy z...