Switched On is a real-life Flowers for Algernon with a happy ending - a compelling memoir that blends Robison's brilliant storytelling and humour with cutting-edge neuroscience, electronics, and a little bit of rock and roll. John Elder Robison is the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye, Be Different and Raising Cubby. John Elder Robison grew up in the 1960s before the Asperger diagnosis came into common use. Robison's story of how he came to awaken the dormant pathways inside his mind is astonishing and entirely unique, but this is also a book about the remarkable advances in the way we view, and treat, a variety of psychological conditions.

By the time he was a teenager, John Elder Robisons odd habits - such as a tendency to. In Switched On, we follow New York Times bestselling author and 'free-range Aspergian' John Elder Robison as he journeys towards having his emotional intelligence 'unlocked' by this astounding new treatment. A NEW YORK TIMES and Australian bestseller, Look Me In The Eye tells of a childs heartbreaking desperation to connect with others, and his struggle to pass as normal - a struggle that would continue into adulthood. But now, thanks to advances in brain-mapping technologies, a revolutionary new brain therapy called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), pioneered at Harvard Medical School and, in Australia, at Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, is providing a new frontier of scientific possibility for people with autism spectrum disorders, as well as those living with depression, bi-polar disorder, and other conditions. Robison is the neurodiversity scholar in residence at the College of William & Mary, and he serves on the. The conventional wisdom says they don't have the wiring in their brains to do it. John Elder Robison is a world-recognized authority on life with autism, and the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye, Be Different, and Raising Cubby. suddenly I could see everything - and particularly other people - in brilliant beautiful colour.' People with autism have trouble reading the unspoken signals of others. Urn:oclc:756268934 Republisher_date 20170512171451 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 590 Scandate 20170512044045 Scanner the first time in my life, I learned what it was like to truly 'know' other people's feelings.

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