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Clara Claiborne Park

Born

in Tarrytown, NY, The United States

August 19, 1923

Died

July 03, 2010

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Clara Justine Claiborne graduated from Radcliffe College in 1944. She married physicist David Park in 1945, and they both attended the University of Michigan, where she earned a master's degree in 1949, majoring in English literature. They moved to Massachusetts in 1951, where Park taught at Berkshire Community College and then at Williams College, where she was on the faculty from 1975 to 1994.

She and her husband had four children, of whom one, the artist Jessica Park, was autistic. Her book 'The Siege', about Jessica's first eight years, was the first major challenge to the idea that autism was caused by the parents. The followup 'Exiting Nirvana' continued the story of Jessica and her family. ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 412 ratings · 33 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism by Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver Sacks (Foreword by) 3.94 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siege: A Family's Journey Into the World of an Autistic Child 4.11 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1967 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Are Not Alone: Understanding and Dealing with Mental Illness, a Guide for Patients, ... by Clara Claiborne Park, Leon N. Shapiro it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rejoining the Common Reader: Essays, 1962-1990 by Clara Claiborne Park, Howard Nemerov (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Via dal nirvana. Vita con una figlia autistica 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siege - the Battle for Communication with an Autistic Child 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seige; The First Eight Years Of An Autistic Child 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The siege;: The first eight years of an autistic child 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE SIEGE the story of elly, withdrawn behind the invisible walls of autism 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“So much of our pain is rooted in the responses of other people, or rather, in our perceptions of what those responses are or (even more painful) what they may be.”
― Clara Claiborne Park, Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism

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“Dutch liberator William the Silent: “It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake; it is not necessary to succeed in order to persevere.”
― Clara Claiborne Park, Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism

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“desensitization,”
― Clara Claiborne Park, Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism

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