Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism

by Dawn Prince-Hughes

Overview

Rated Outstanding by the American Association of School Libraries

This is the first book to be written by autistic college students about the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggle of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole.

Dawn Prince-Hughes presents an array of writings by students who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, showing their unique ways of looking at and solving problems. In their own words, they portray how their divergent thinking skills could be put to great use if they were given an opportunity. Many such students never get the chance because the same sensitivity that gives them these insights makes the flicker of fluorescent lights and the sound of chalk on the board unbearable For simple—and easily remedied—reasons, we lose these students, who are as gifted as they are challenged.

Aquamarine Blue 5 is a showcase of the strength and resilient character of individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome. It will be an invaluable resource for those touched by this syndrome, their friends and families, and school administrators.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804010542
Publisher:	Ohio University Press
Publication date:	11/30/2002
Edition description:	1
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dawn Prince-Hughes lives in Bellingham, Washington. She is the author of the best-selling memoir Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism. Her other books include Gorillas among Us: A Primate Ethnographer.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xv
	Introduction: Autism in the Academy	xvii
	Garry	1
	Darius	9
	Michelle	43
	Crocus	50
	Myriam	58
	Jim	66
	Angie	76
	Arthur	79
	Chris Marsh	81
	Douglas O'Neal	85
	Susan	91
	Dawn Prince-Hughes	106
	A Compendium for the Inclusive University: Common Challenges for Autistic Students and What Universities Can Do about Them	123
	Notes	129
	Bibliography	133

Editorial Reviews

This is the first book to be written by autistic college students who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or with High Functioning Autism. It demonstrates their unique way of looking at and solving problems and the challenges they face. Aquamarine Blue 5 details the struggles of these highly sensitive students and shows that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. "Her unusual approach to understanding human behavior leads to powerfully clear analysis of the problems faced by people with Autism.”—ForeWord


“These essays… exhibit a level of awareness, effective writing, and sophisticated understanding of the world they must cope with that are usually thought beyond the capabilities of even the highest-functioning people with autism.”—Clara Claiborne Park, author of Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter’s Life with Autism

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