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Title: Songs of the Gorilla Nation : My Journey Through Autism by DAWN PHD PRINCE-HUGHES ISBN: 1-4000-5058-8 Publisher: Harmony Pub. Date: 09 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Author interview on WAER Syracuse 88.3 FM 7/29 at 8 p.m.
Comment: Dawn Prince-Hughes will be interviewed on "Women's Voices Radio," on WAER Syracuse 88.3 FM on 7/29 at 8 p.m., along with novelist Kates Niles (THE BASKET MAKER) & essayist Nan Levinson (OUTSPOKEN). WAER does not archive its programming but this show is accessible by web-streaming during the broadcast at www.WAER.org.
Rating: 5
Summary: heartwarming and enlightening
Comment: 'Songs of the Gorilla Nation' is an autobiography by Dawn Prince Hughes, an interdisciplinary anthropologist who has lived with the hardships of Asperger's Syndrome which is a unique version of autism.
This is a very humane book and should hopefully open up the minds of many to be more empathetic to the plight of those experiencing autism & of diffierent species.
Dawn always knew that she was different, unfortunately for her she never knew why she was different. She reveals her path to self-discovery.
Dawn gives the impression that what are normally instinctive social norms, such as smiling at appropriate times, or knowing when to disagree or agree, are entirely learned behaviors on her behalf. What is obvious for the normal person, she has to intellectually grasp, and learn to correctly apply that knowledge. This fortunately offers her a unique way of looking at the world.
Unlike others when she spends time and studies gorillas, Dawn sees not only the basics such as a silverback and a playful child, she can sense the individualities of each gorilla. She understands why a gorilla behaves a certain manner. She knows if the individual gorilla is being silly, threatening or displaying grief at the sickness of a family member.
With this understanding of Gorillas, Dawn is then capable of applying that knowledge to human behavior, and her own behavior in general. With this application she learns to better handle herself in public and to expand her understanding of the human condition.
Some of the other unique characteristics of this book involve how she views the world. One of the better explanations is that autism provides an overload of the senses. Most people have filters that block out unnecessary information. Our senses are better capable of focusing or disregarding some irrelevant sense, touch, sight, or smell. With autism we get the impression that Dawn cannot prevent all these senses from overloading her brain. Since we dont actively think about all of the filters that we do have it's difficult for most people to understand how she feels.
This book should be mandatory reading for psychologists or anyone teaching. A lot of the problems Dawn encountered as a child could have been avoided if only some simple humanity and understanding had been applied. This is especially true when we read about how one of her teachers treated her.
Hopefully this book will enlighten people on what autism is, and about the fact that apes and animals in general each have their own unique personalities.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fantastic book
Comment: Frankly, I didn't expect to be as touched by this book as I was. For some reason it simply blew me away. Let me start out by saying that I don't have, nor do I know anyone who is autistic or has Asperber Syndrome (I realize that the definitions are sketchy). That said, I still found this book riveting and above all, moving. Another reviewer recommended another book--a work of fiction really--dealing with a child who is autistic/Asperger/DID in some manner and I found that one equally riveting: "Bark of the Dogwood." It too was a great read, though very disturbing--not for the faint-hearted. But "Songs of the Gorilla Nation" just left me breathless. Thank God Dawn Prince-Hughes had the courage she did, not only to live her life, but to tell us about it in this highly unusual read.
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Title: Women from Another Planet: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism by Jean Kearns Miller ISBN: 1410734315 Publisher: 1stBooks Library Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater ISBN: 0393050955 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 15 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Not Even Wrong : Adventures in Autism by Paul Collins ISBN: 1582343675 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 03 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students With Autism by Dawn Prince-Hughes ISBN: 0804010544 Publisher: Swallow Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Through the Glass Wall : Journeys Into the Closed-Off Worlds of the Autistic by HOWARD PHD BUTEN ISBN: 0553803468 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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