Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism

By (author): "Oliver Sacks, Clara Claiborne Park"
Publish Date: 2001
Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism
ISBN0316691240
ISBN139780316691246
AsinExiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism
Original titleExiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism
Exiting Nirvana" is a strong and affecting profile of an artist with autism, beautifully written by her mother. . . . Skillfully weaving in theories of autism with the experience of raising an autistic child, Park goes beyond individual history to address the wider question of what it means to be human".--from the National Magazine Awards presentation.