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Like Oliver Sacks the author is both a neurologist and talented writer. Also like Oliver Sacks, but unlike most doctors and doctor-books, he does not regard the person who suffers from a disorder as being primarily the disorder. Neither of them would ever think of someone as autistic, but as a person with autism. And both of them, again quite unlike other doctors, treat the person as an equal partner in sorting out the neurological problem.
Perhaps the most interesting of all the weirdness that ...more
Perhaps the most interesting of all the weirdness that ...more
Dr. Leschziner is the first to admit his love for the books and the work of Oliver Sacks and it is also pretty clear from the way he describes his patients and their stories. As a lover of everything brain related I am just very happy that there are more books similar to the ones Sacks used to write.
Il Dr. Leschziner é il primo ad ammettere l'importanza che hanno avuto per lui i libri ed il lavoro di Oliver Sacks, cosa che poi emerge chiaramente dalla lettura di questo libro nel modo in cui desc ...more
Il Dr. Leschziner é il primo ad ammettere l'importanza che hanno avuto per lui i libri ed il lavoro di Oliver Sacks, cosa che poi emerge chiaramente dalla lettura di questo libro nel modo in cui desc ...more
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