978-1572305441

Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
vii
xii
1 Stephen: The Eccentric Entomologist 1
2 Heather: A World That Revolves
around a Different Axis
16
3 Justin: Listening to the Architecture of the World 27
4 Zachary: An Obsession with Death 44
5 Sharon: Seeing Other Minds Darkly 59
6 William: A World without Metaphor 79
7 Teddy: Incongruous Time, Incongruous Development 96
8 Sally, Ann, and Danny: Accepting the Enigma,
Moving Beyond the Cause
114
9 Trevor: Mobiles and “Miracles” 133
10 Ernest: The View from the Bridge 148
11 Frankie: Learning and Forgetting at School 160
12 Sophie: Acceptance without Resignation 174
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