Life, animated : a story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism / Ron Suskind, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
- Suskind, Ron
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Description
The author describes how his autistic son, Owen, learned to cope with his handicap from a young age by memorizing the dialogue of Disney movies and having his family play the roles of the animated characters.
Publication/Creation
New York : Kingswell, 2016.
Physical description
372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Contributors
Edition
First paperback edition.
Contents
Growing backward -- Bumping into walls -- In character -- Musical chairs -- The protekter of sidekicks -- A journey song -- Magic formulas -- Luck from unluck -- Blessings, undisguised -- The movie gods -- To do it on his own -- The animated life -- Sidekicks -- In the time since publication.
Languages
Subjects
- Autistic childrenUnited StatesBiography
- Parents of autistic childrenUnited StatesBiography
- Autistic childrenFamily relationshipsUnited States.
- Autistic childrenUnited StatesLanguage
- Interpersonal communicationUnited States.
- Animated filmsPsychological aspects
- Autistic Disorder
- Father-Child Relations
- Suskind, Owen.
- Suskind, RonFamily.
- Disney, Walt, 1901-1966Characters.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePV /SUSOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781484741238
- 1484741234