In 1978, under immense pressure at work, Edgar Schneider suffered a
nervous breakdown. After convalescing, he returned to work, but
within a few months he was again suffering from problems involving
short-term memory and concentration. He was described as eccentric,
tangential, illogical and hallucinatory; and misdiagnosed as
schizophrenic. Sixteen years later, the chance reading of an
article on autistic savants alerted Schneider to the possibility
that he had been misdiagnosed. This proved to be the case: he is
believed to be a high-functioning autistic, with attention deficit
disorder (ADD). Suddenly, many apparently paradoxical or
inexplicable elements of Schneider's life made sense. He calls the
discovery of his autism 'liberating'. Schneider attributes his
autism to brain damage caused by infectious diseases in early
childhood. In Discovering My Autism, he reflects on his experiences
and his memories of his childhood and teenage years as a clever and
artistic loner. He explains how in order to experience 'emotions'
such as grief, sympathy or desire, he must intellectualise or
aestheticise them. Dispassionately, he examines his difficulties
with relationships, his high pain threshold, his lack of
concentration and his highly absorbant intelligence, all of which
are related to his autism. He also describes the pleasure he
derives from art, music and literature; the importance to him of
his religious beliefs; and his work with parents' support groups.
As an account of how it feels to be a high-functioning autistic,
this book should be read by parents of autistic children,
professionals working with them, and people with autism, Asperger's
Syndrome, or ADD themselves.
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