In December 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day, starting in 2008. The concept of "autism" was first proposed in 1943 by Leo Kanner, a professor at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, in his research report "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact"), and in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders issued by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013, this type of disease was re-designated as "autism spectrum disorder" (Autism spectrum disorder, asd) is the conceptual co-ordination.
This type of disorder is a widespread developmental disorder of the nervous system, with symptoms that mostly appear before the age of three, and the core criteria for its diagnosis are: deficits in social communication and interaction, as well as limited, repetitive behavior patterns, interests, and activities. The individual symptoms of this disease are different, the pathogenesis and mechanism are also full of unknowns, but it is a lifelong disease, and there is currently no drug to treat, so for every family of a child diagnosed with autism, this will be a huge and long test. What we see in movies like "Rain Man" and "Ocean Paradise" is probably just the tip of the iceberg.
On this special day, we have compiled the following book list on autism, which includes both the study of this disease, as well as the self-statement of autistic patients, the mental journey of families who fight autism, and the literary and artistic works created on this theme, hoping that more people can understand this disease and care for autistic patients and their families.
"Late Night Puppy Mystery Incident"
[English] by Mark Harden, translated by Yin Shanshan, Hundred Flowers Literary and Art Publishing House, March 2017.
Autistic teenager Affle can not live with people, does not like to be touched by others, he can not understand the emotions of others, it is difficult to give affection to others, his parents feel desperate because they do not know how to love him. At the same time, he has an amazing memory and a superb mathematical talent, "able to name all countries and their capitals, and know all the prime numbers within 7507.".
Late at night, the neighbor's puppy Wellington died on the lawn, And Aver picked it up, but was mistaken for the murderer by his owner, so he decided to solve the murder alone...
Author Mark Harden has said that his original intention was not to write a story about a child with autism, but to tell everyone that there is no absolute line between normal and abnormal. Everyone has more or less "diseases" and may become outliers in each other's eyes.
Children Watching the Stars: A Report from china's Autistic Community
By Nie Yubing, Heilongjiang Education Publishing House, December 2016.
"Publicly available data show that there are more than 10 million people with autism in China, of which 2 million are children aged 0 to 14 years old, and many children with autism will have no independent survival ability at all without professional rehabilitation treatment." "Children Watching the Stars: A Report from China's Autistic Group" is an interview and creation of this situation. The author went to the front line of autism research and rehabilitation, and interviewed a large number of relevant people, including: the National Disabled Persons' Federation, the Beijing Autism Association, the family of autistic children, the autistic parent mutual aid organization, the rehabilitation school, CCTV and other media, as well as experts, scholars, teachers, volunteers, volunteers in this field.
Forty Years of Raising a Star: The Journey of an Autistic Family
Cai Yizhou and Cai Zhang Meiling, translated by Li Huiwei, Huaxia Publishing House, March 2016.
The book is a famous Chinese psychiatrist in the United States, Professor Cai Yizhou, and his wife, Cai Zhang Meiling, who is also a psychiatrist, who accompanied his autistic son Si Tian through a 40-year mental journey. Authoritative expert on autism, how to raise your own autistic child? For this poignant coincidence, the parents with the most professional intervention and the same as ordinary parents to make their son's condition slowly optimistic, becoming their good helper at home, a good travel companion on the go out. Currently, He works in a library and works part-time as a tally clerk in a supermarket.
The Autistic Brain: Reflections on the Autism Spectrum
Temple Grandin, Richard Panneke, translated by Yan Yuan, Huaxia Publishing House, January 2016.
Tempo Grandin, an American animal husbandry mechanic expert, published her 1986 book Surface: Labeling Autism, was the first time autistic people described their own life experiences, and in 2010, the TV movie based on her, "The Journey of Autism," won an Emmy Award. In her latest book, The Autistic Brain: Reflections on the Autism Spectrum, she presents the latest research in neuroimaging and genetics in the field of autism, as well as the analysis of her brain scan results, linking the relationship between brain science research and genealogical behavioral characteristics. She takes us closer to famous scientists and autistic people in the field to explore new theories and treatments. As the world's most famous autistic patient, her books such as "My Heart Sees the World", "Thinking with Images", and "Social Unspoken Rules" (co-authored with Sean Barron) are of great significance to our understanding of autism.
Boy Sean: Out of Autism
Judy Barron and Sean Barron, translated by Chi Chaoyang, Huaxia Publishing House, September 2015.
"Boy Shaun: Out of Autism" is a book by Judy Barron and Sean Barron mother and son, with their own different perspectives, the life they have experienced together. The most interesting thing about this book is the huge difference between the way non-autistic people see autism and the way autistic people see their own world. In his mother's eyes, Sean, who is trapped in autism, is always "immersed in his own world", "almost everything he does is wrong", "will never open up", and from him "I can't get love back, never get it". However, from Sean's statement, he is not only able to think and perceive life, but also has complex feelings and thoughts about his relationship with others and the environment.
Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Story Of Overcoming Autism
Catherine Morris, translated by Liang Haijun, Huaxia Publishing House, April 2014.
Born into a traditional, wealthy family in the United States, Catherine married Mark and became a stay-at-home mother, giving birth to three children in a row, the first boy at the age of best movement, the second girl diagnosed with autism, and Catherine was pregnant with a third— the youngest son who was eventually diagnosed with autism.
The same family diagnosed two children with autism, and Catherine Morris and her family suffered this great misfortune of life. As an intellectual woman and Doctor of Philosophy, Catherine chose rational and scientific exploration, she learned about the treatment of behavioral interventions, and actively learned and practiced, helping a pair of children to break out of the shackles of autism to a certain extent.
"What Sam Told Me"
By Daniel Gotrib, translated by Wu Chao, Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, May 2012.
Daniel, a psychotherapist who caused quadriplegia due to a car accident, worried that he would not be able to accompany his grandson with autism to grow up, wrote a book called "Letter to Sam" about everything he had learned from his wheelchair life and professional experience, hoping that his grandson would learn what love, life and courage to accept shortcomings were in the future. In the preface to his sequel, What Sam Told Me, Daniel writes: "Letter to Sam, written when Sam was five years old, expresses a grandfather's fervent expectations, deep concerns, and unreserved love for his grandson. Grandpa found a way to get along with his grandson, and every step in this path, the possibilities of their relationship, was full of exploration. However, the letters were all one-sided, and the recipient of each letter was Sam, and the letter writer was Grandpa, that is, me. Now Sam is getting bigger and bigger. Our relationship has also undergone many transformations, but perhaps the most satisfying one to me is that he has become my teacher. The book, subtitled "The Wisdom of Life a Psychotherapist Sees from an Autistic Grandson," tells the story of the wisdom Daniel saw in this eight-year-old autistic child that we once understood but probably never remembered.
"Daddy Loves Xihe - The Dog is here, not far away"
Cai Chun Pig, Nova Press, July 2011.
After his son Xihe was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, Cai Chun pig's life, who had been working in the media, was completely changed. When he posted "A Letter to His Son" on his blog, the letter was viewed hundreds of thousands of times overnight, and his Weibo under the name of "Daddy Loves Xihe" also increased by more than ten times in a short period of time. The book takes his excerpts from the essence of Weibo as the main body, "Heroic Sentence Short , Father" contains Cai Chun pig's feelings after learning of his son's illness, especially his inner transformation process from unacceptable reality to bravely undertaken; "A father's conjecture Xihe" simulates the language of his son Xihe in the form of keywords to see his relatives, look at the family, and see the world, with a unique angle, which is unbearable and funny at the same time. In 2012, he published a sequel, "Daddy Loves Xihe: What is 100,000". The commemorative edition of "Daddy Loves Xihe" will be launched this month.
Rex: My Autistic Blind Child and Our Music
Catherine Lewis, Guo Hui, People's Literature Publishing House, April 2011.
Son Rex is not only an autistic child, but also blind in both eyes, and at the age of two he cannot walk, speak, eat solid food, and is trapped in the dark every day. As a mother, no matter how strong the will, it is inevitable that she will sink to the brink of collapse. What is this pain and struggle? Why did this weak innocent child suffer from such a severe disability? How does he relate to the world around him?
On his second birthday, Rex got an electronic keyboard, and the music changed his and his mom's lives. This is the story of a mother who uses her extraordinary musical talent as a bridge between her son and life, breaking free from the double shackles of blindness and autism. While miracles don't happen to each of us, each of us needs miracles that have actually happened to encourage us to move forward.