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Book Review: Seeing the World through a Differently Wired Brain

Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults
By Zosia Zaks
AuthorHouse, 2006

Zosia Zaks, Asperger’s syndrome advocate, and a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825, was one of my best technical communication students at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York, and is now a friend and respected colleague. Her book, Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults, is an eye-opener, not just because she so clearly describes the effect of autism on the senses, but because of her matter-of-fact approach to dealing with the problems and strengths of autistic people.

In the introduction to the book, Zosia describes the “autism spectrum,” which she says ranges from classic autism to Asperger’s syndrome. In classic autism, the affected child shows serious cognitive difficulties as well as developmental delays in walking and talking. A high-functioning autistic person may have developmental delays and cognitive difficulties, but can function fairly well in the non-autistic world. Engineer and author Temple Grandin (Thinking in Pictures) is considered to be a high-functioning autistic person.

A child or adult with Asperger’s syndrome, on the other hand, has no developmental delays and often [...]

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