We Walk

Life with Severe Autism

Amy S. F. Lutz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2020
Ilr Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-5139-4 (ISBN)

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In this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experience—the positive and the negative—as a mother of a now twenty-one-year-old son with severe autism. Lutz's human emotion drives through each page and challenges commonly held ideas that define autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. We Walk is inspired by her own questions: What is the place of intellectually and developmentally disabled people in society? What responsibilities do we, as citizens and human beings, have to one another? Who should decide for those who cannot decide for themselves? What is the meaning of religion to someone with no abstract language? Exploring these questions, We Walk directly—and humanly—examines social issues such as inclusion, religion, therapeutics, and friendship through the lens of severe autism.

In a world where public perception of autism is largely shaped by the "quirky geniuses" featured on television shows like The Big Bang Theory and The Good Doctor, We Walk demands that we center our debates about this disorder on those who are most affected by its impacts.

Amy S. F. Lutz's writing about severe autism has appeared on many platforms, including The Atlantic, Slate, and Psychology Today. She is author of, Each Day I Like It Better, and a founding member of the National Council on Severe Autism. Lutz is a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children. Follow her on X @AmySFLutz.

1. We Walk

2. Physical Guidance

3. Answers and Questions

4. The Next Time

5. Just Say Yes

6. All Possible Spaces

7. Praesidalism

8. The Child Who Does Not Know How to Ask

9. Baseline

Erscheinungsdatum	11.09.2020
Reihe/Serie	The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5017-5139-5 / 1501751395
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-5139-4 / 9781501751394
Zustand	Neuware