The power of neurodiversity : unleashing the advantages of your differently wired brain / Thomas Armstrong.
By: Armstrong, Thomas
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong, 2011, c2010Edition: 1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed.General Notes: Previously published in 2010 as: Neurodiversity: discovering the extraordinary gifts of autism, ADHD, dyxlexia, and other brain differences.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-256) and index.Description: xiii, 274 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780738215242 (pbk.); 9780738213545 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Neurobehavioral disorders | Neuropsychology | Brain -- VariationDDC classification: 616.8 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 616.8 Ar587 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003135647 |
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Previously published in 2010 as: Neurodiversity: discovering the extraordinary gifts of autism, ADHD, dyxlexia, and other brain differences.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-256) and index.
Neurodiversity : a concept whose time has come -- The joy of the hyperactive brain -- The positive side of being autistic -- A different kind of learner -- The gift of mood -- The advantages of anxiety -- The rainbow of intelligences -- Thinking in a different key -- Neurodiversity in the classroom -- The future of neurodiversity.
Argues that we have been too quick to pathologise brain differences. Science suggests there are many different ways for our brains to be wired, and that there are actual "gifts" or "strengths" attached to some of these differences.
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