Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism

by Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver Sacks (Foreword by)

Overview

Exiting Nirvana details Clara Claiborne Park's continuing efforts to have her daughter Jessy 'exit Nirvana,' develop as an artist, and connect with our world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316075299
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	06/27/2009
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	229
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
1	Introductory	3
1	Talking
2	"That is not sound"	21
3	"When the time comes"	34
4	"Guess what!"	53
2	Thinking
5	"All different kind of days"	65
6	"When I ten, that minus one!"	85
7	"The hangman hangs by the clothespin because of new politeness"	97
3	Painting
8	"The sky is purple-black"	119
4	Living
9	"Because can tell by the face"	139
10	"I guess Darth Vader learned from consequences! Like me!"	154
11	"Guess what! Some of the people at work are my friends!"	174
12	Valedictory	194
	Afterword	208
	Appendices
I.	Jessy's Descriptions of Some of Her Paintings	209
II.	Definitions	213
III.	Useful Publications	216
IV.	Useful Addresses	219
	Source Notes	220
	Picture Credits and Copyright Acknowledgments	224