| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Frontispiece; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One. Before Asperberger Syndrome; Chapter Two. Sensory Experiences; Chapter Three. Social NaÃv̄eté and Advanced Cognition; Chapter Four. Sex and Gender in Asperger Syndrome; Chapter Five. Geeks, Genes, and the Evolution of Asperger Syndrome; Chapter Six. Autism Rising; Chapter Seven. Aspergerâ#x80;#x99;s Garden; Notes; Glossary; References; Index. |
| Summary |
In this unusual book an evolutionary anthropologist and her coauthor/granddaughter, who has Asperger syndrome, examine the emergence and spread of Asperger syndrome and other forms of high-functioning autism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Schofield, Eve Penelope, 1991- -- Health.
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Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
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Asperger's syndrome -- Patients. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Asperger's syndrome -- Research.
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Asperger's syndrome. |
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Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Schofield, Eve Penelope, 1991- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Falk, Dean. Geeks, genes, and the evolution of Asperger syndrome. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018 9780826356925 (DLC) 2017026650 |
| ISBN |
9780826356932 (electronic book) |
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0826356931 (electronic book) |
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9780826356925 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0826356923 |
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