Digby Tantam
Autor de Autism Spectrum Disorders Through the Life Span
Sobre El Autor
Digby Tantam is Clinical Professor of Psychotherapy at the Centre for the Study of Conflict and Reconciliation at the University of Sheffield
Obras de Digby Tantam
Obras relacionadas
Shame: Interpersonal Behavior, Psychopathology, and Culture (Series in Affective Science) (1998) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 17 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1948-03-15
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Relaciones
- van Deurzen, Emmy (wife)
Miembros
Reseñas
The new edition gives up-to-date advice and guidance on coping with "life" for those individuals at the more able end of the autistic spectrum. It covers the background to autism and Asperger syndrome, and deals practically with the emotional and physical issues arising throughout an individual's life, such as marriage, developing hobbies and getting older.
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 9
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 68
- Popularidad
- #253,411
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 23
This is a hefty volume on autism spectrum disorders, meant for a more expert and knowledgeable audience than me, but which I’m glad we have as a convenient reference point.
(Incidentally, I was stunned and appalled a couple of years ago when I received an email from a person who had put as part of their signature that they knew the cause of autism: “aged sperm”. My daughters were born when I was 30 and 35; my sperm was not all that aged, I think. This person was just casually putting out offensive misinformation in their email signature, to friends and strangers alike! Mind-blowingly inappropriate!)
The book is pretty comprehensive, looking at the rather slim information we have on physical neurological changes in autistic people – this research is very much a work in progress – and in much more detail at the developmental phenomena and educational and health support that are needed; biased of course towards the US system, but with due note being taken of experiences from elsewhere.
The one topic I would have liked to se a bit more on is autistic regression. Our oldest was developing normally until about 2 years old, then lost much of her ability including her speech. One can speculate that in such a case, the brain is somehow overwhelmed – and permanently damaged – by the need to process all the stimuli that a developing child becomes aware of. But it is mere speculation.
On the other hand, I felt very comfortable with the description of the vast amount of research activity that is going on. As consumers, if I can put it that way, we see only the outputs and the occasional tests that we are invited to participate in ourselves. It’s helpful to know that there is a big academic infrastructure behind it all.
One interesting point that I will have to ponder: do we talk to ourselves mentally when we think? And what does this mean for the cognitive abilities of people who don’t have language?… (más)