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Author Falk, Dean, author.

Title Geeks, genes, and the evolution of Asperger syndrome / Dean Falk and Eve Penelope Schofield.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Cover; Half Title; Frontispiece; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One. Before Asperberger Syndrome; Chapter Two. Sensory Experiences; Chapter Three. Social NaÃvēté and Advanced Cognition; Chapter Four. Sex and Gender in Asperger Syndrome; Chapter Five. Geeks, Genes, and the Evolution of Asperger Syndrome; Chapter Six. Autism Rising; Chapter Seven. Aspergerâ#x80;#x99;s Garden; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.
Summary In this unusual book an evolutionary anthropologist and her coauthor/granddaughter, who has Asperger syndrome, examine the emergence and spread of Asperger syndrome and other forms of high-functioning autism.
Subject Schofield, Eve Penelope, 1991- -- Health.
Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
Asperger's syndrome -- Research.
Asperger Syndrome.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Asperger's syndrome -- Patients. (OCoLC)fst01424574
Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Added Author Schofield, Eve Penelope, 1991- author.
Other Form: Print version: Falk, Dean. Geeks, genes, and the evolution of Asperger syndrome. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018 9780826356925 (DLC) 2017026650
ISBN 9780826356932 (electronic book)
0826356931 (electronic book)
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