Reasonable people : a memoir of autism & adoption : on the meaning of family and the politics of neurological difference
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Savarese, Ralph James.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Adopted children -- United States -- Biography.
Adoptive parents -- United States -- Biography.
Autistic children -- Biography.
Autistic children -- Care.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Parents of autistic children -- Biography.
Special needs adoption -- United States -- Case studies.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Adopted children.
Adoptive parents.
Autistic children -- Care.
Autistic children.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Parents of autistic children.
Special needs adoption.
United States.
Other Subjects
Adoption -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de.
Adoption d'enfants à besoins particuliers -- États-Unis -- Études de cas.
Biographies.
Biography
Biography.
Case studies.
Enfants adoptés -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Enfants adoptés -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de.
Enfants autistes -- Biographies.
Enfants autistes -- Biographies.
Enfants autistes -- Soins.
Familles d'accueil pour enfants -- États-Unis -- Cas, Études de.
Parents d'enfants autistes -- Biographies.
Études de cas.

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xxxi, 463 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-460).
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"Why would someone adopt a badly abused, non-speaking, six-year-old from foster care?" So, the author was asked at the outset of his adoption-as-a-first-resort adventure. Part love story, part political manifesto about "living with conviction in a cynical time," the memoir traces the development of DJ, a boy written off as profoundly retarded and now, six years later, earning all "A"s at a regular school. Neither a typical saga of autism nor simply a challenge to expert opinion, Reasonable People illuminates the belated emergence of a self in language. And it does so using DJ's own words expressed through the once discredited but now resurgent technique of facilitated communication (FC).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Savarese, R. J. (2007). Reasonable people: a memoir of autism & adoption : on the meaning of family and the politics of neurological difference . Other Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Savarese, Ralph James. 2007. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism & Adoption : On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference. New York: Other Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism & Adoption : On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference New York: Other Press, 2007.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Savarese, R. J. (2007). Reasonable people: a memoir of autism & adoption : on the meaning of family and the politics of neurological difference. New York: Other Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Savarese, Ralph James. Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism & Adoption : On the Meaning of Family and the Politics of Neurological Difference Other Press, 2007.

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