books about: echolalia

books about: echolalia

books:

Echolalia

Echolalias: On the Forgetting of Language
Daniel Heller-Roazen

Zone Books, 2008

Just as speech can be acquired, so can it be lost. Speakers can forget words, phrases, even entire languages they once knew; over the course of time peoples, too, let go of the tongues that were once theirs, as languages disappear and give way to the others that follow them. In Echolalias , Daniel Heller-Roazen reflects on the many forms of ...

Nobody Nowhere: The Remarkable Autobiography of an Autistic Girl

Donna Williams

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998

The book is excellent because it relates to my disability!
I think Donna Williams is one of the world's greatest authors. Although she suffers from pervasive developmental disorder, (autism related), she has shown great courage and will be of great benefit in the future for other people with disabilities. I suffer, myself, ...

Echolalia
Deborah Bernhardt

Four Way Books, 2006

Winner of the Intro Prize, selected by Marianne Boruch ?How even to talk about what it is to read these haunted, ecstatic (wily so, calmly so) immensely likable, edgy poems that Deborah Bernhardt has given us? They're surprising, yes. You never know their next step, where they might leap, or return. The language and cadence?fractured, ...

Arm in Arm: A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and Other Echolalia

Remy Charlip

Tricycle Press, 1997

What a thrill to find this book again!
As a child some 30 years ago I used to borrow this book from the library again and again. In my late teens I thought it would be a kick to look up that most favorite childhood book, only to find it available no more. But now I can buy it! I still remember so many of ...

Echolalia. An Adult's Story of Tourette Syndrome
Adam Ward Seligman

Hope Press, 1991

Echolalia is the story of best selling writer Jackson Evans, who is diagnosed as having Tourette syndrome, a complex genetic disorder characterized by tics, vocal noises Including obscenities), and obsessive-compulsive behavior. At first he is grateful for the answers it bring him, but Jackson soon realizes that the real problems are just ...

Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: Echolalia
Gale Reference Team

Thomson Gale, 2001

This article covers Echolalia: Repetition of another person's words or phrases. The article is excerpted from Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. This single-volume, accessible resource covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including: notable people, theories and terms; landmark case studies and experiments; applications of psychology in ...