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Based on detailed research and a lifetime of personal experience, James Wilson recounts his personal journey as the primary companion of his now twenty-six-year-old autistic son, Sam. This realistic, irreverent account of an autistic young man and his misadventures while transitioning to adulthood provides enlightening truths as well as sardonic humor. Formally seen as a neurological disorder, autism is increasingly being looked upon as simply a form of neurodiversity. Rejecting mainstream attitudes, Wilson explores this modern view of autism through his own experience as well as quotes from autistic people and bloggers, some of whom are the most vocal proponents of this viewpoint. A detailed bibliography accompanies this engaging memoir of a father and son's experience negotiating the slippery slopes of normality.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Family Gangsta
2. Contesting Autism
3. Testing Neurodiversity
4. Why Is He Barking?
5. Sensory Overload
6. Meltdown
7. Friends and Lovers
8. Self-Injury
9. Weatherweenie
10. To Cure or Not to Cure
11. Things We Do
12. Family Relations
13. Communication Corporeal and Electronic
14. Cognition
15. Agoraphobia, or Don't Call Us...
16. Too Crazy for the Psych Ward?
17. Medicalization
18. Institutionalization
19. Surf 's Up
20. Representation Politics
21. Resentment
22. Community
23. Looking for Autism Pride Day
Sources
Bibliography
Index
