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Reasonable People : A Memoir of Autism and Adoption by Ralph James Savarese (2007, Hardcover, Annotated edition)

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A testament to uncommon devotion and common possibilities. "Why would someone adopt a badly abused, nonspeaking, six-year-old from foster care?" So the author was asked at the outset of his adoption-as-a-first-resort adventure. Part love story, part political manifesto about "living with conviction in a cynical time," the memoir traces the development of DJ, a boy written off as profoundly retarded and now, six years later, earning all "A's" at a regular school. Neither a typical saga of autism nor simply a challenge to expert opinion, "Reasonable People" illuminates the belated emergence of a self in language. And it does so using DJ's own words, expressed through the once discredited but now resurgent technique of facilitated communication. In this emotional page-turner, DJ reconnects with the sister from whom he was separated, begins to type independently, and explores his experience of disability, poverty, abandonment, and sexual abuse. "Try to remember my life," he says on his talking computer, and remember he does in the most extraordinarily perceptive and lyrical way. Asking difficult questions about the nature of family, the demise of social obligation, and the meaning of neurological difference, Savarese argues for a reasonable commitment to human possibility and caring.

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Publisher
Other Press, LLC
ISBN-10
1590511298
ISBN-13
9781590511299
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54343204

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Book Title
Reasonable People : a Memoir of Autism and Adoption
Author
Ralph James Savarese
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Children's Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, Personal Memoirs, Children with Special Needs, Adoption & Fostering
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Social Science
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
28 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Rj506.A9s38 2007
Edition Description
Annotated Edition
Reviews
Publishers Weekly Savarese writes with passion and humor, careful to include extensive excerpts from DJ's typing, so readers get a sense of his remarkable growth. Library Journal ...readers will find the elements documenting the foster care system worthwhile. The Autism Acceptance Project Newsletter This is... a story about what life is all about: trial, error, perseverance, and faith in people. Faith in love. Ralph, Emily and DJ give us that, and much more. Booklist Savarese's careful melding of memoir and passionate advocacy for the disabled informs and inspires. GQ That [ Reasonable People ] manages to avoid both polemic and cliché is reason enough to applaud. Newsweek By the end of Savarese's moving memoir, DJ is in sixth grade and getting all "A's" at regular school... "They think well-respected, tested-as-normal kids are the OK-to-teach ones," writes DJ [in the book's final chapter]. "They forget these lost kids." Perhaps this book will help others remember they are more than worth the effort Body+Soul A moving memoir, it calls for "living with conviction in a cynical time.", Publishers Weekly Savarese writes with passion and humor, careful to include extensive excerpts from DJ's typing, so readers get a sense of his remarkable growth. Library Journal ...readers will find the elements documenting the foster care system worthwhile. The Autism Acceptance Project Newsletter This is... a story about what life is all about: trial, error, perseverance, and faith in people. Faith in love. Ralph, Emily and DJ give us that, and much more. Booklist Savarese's careful melding of memoir and passionate advocacy for the disabled informs and inspires. GQ That [Reasonable People] manages to avoid both polemic and cliché is reason enough to applaud. Newsweek By the end of Savarese's moving memoir, DJ is in sixth grade and getting all "A's" at regular school... "They think well-respected, tested-as-normal kids are the OK-to-teach ones," writes DJ [in the book's final chapter]. "They forget these lost kids." Perhaps this book will help others remember they are more than worth the effort Body+Soul A moving memoir, it calls for "living with conviction in a cynical time."
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-018901
Dewey Decimal
616.85/8820092 B
Dewey Edition
22

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