Bright Splinters of the Mind
Subtitle: A Personal Story of Research With Autistic Savant
Contributors: Michael Rutter (Foreword)
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781853029325
Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Disability: social aspects; Education; Mental Illness; Case studies; Psychology; Special Education - Learning Disabled; Savants (Savant syndrome); Creativity; Autistic children; Autism; Research
First sentence: In 1850 Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a poem which he dedicated to the memory of a very talented man, who overcame the worst circumstances of his 'lowly birth'.