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1. My Story and the Four Reasons to Write this Book. 2. Disclaimer. 3. What Is Autism? That's the Question. 4. Animals and Humans, Cats and Dogs… What Are You Trying to Meow? 5. `Senseless' and `Senseful' Ways of Being. 6. Thinking about Thinking. 7. What is so Special about Special Abilities? 8. Language and Communication: Let's Talk about Talking. 9. Emotions: Love Me? Love Me Not? 10. Challenging Behaviours: Who Challenges Whom? Dasha's Glossary. Notes and References. Dasha's Library: Selected Bibliography.
'A heartwarming book providing insights into how autistic persons
perceive and interact with the world as only a cat can. As Dasha
"meows" about her human members of the family we learn how autism
is a different, rather than a disordered way of being. This book is
a delightful and informative read.' - Stephen M. Shore, EdD,
Executive Director of Autism Spectrum Disorder Consulting, Board of
Directors for the Autism Society of America and the Asperger's
Association of New England
'Dasha's Journal is a charming and original way of explaining the
mystery that is autism. Dasha is a cat who lives in an "autistic"
family. Her observations on the behaviour of both the autistic and
neurotypical members of the family put the "problems" of autism
into perspective; we are often told that autistic people are
"mindblind", but, as Dasha shows, neurotypicals are just as blind
to the ways of those who are "differently abled", whether autistics
or cats! The Journal is quirky and amusing, but beneath the humour
lies a serious and profound examination of autism and the
misconceptions that surround it.' - Charlotte Moore, author of
George and Sam: Autism in the Family
'As a person with Asperger's Syndrome, I cannot help but be
troubled by how much misinformation abounds concerning autism.
However, after reading Dasha's Journal, I have to give T.O. Daria
the best objective comment that I can for a non-autistic writer:
she gets it absolutely right!' - Edgar Schneider, author of
Discovering My Autism: Apologia Pro Vita Sua (with apologies to
Cardinal Newman)
'Dasha is a brilliant feline! She is flat-out funny, wise beyond
her cat years and a true champion of autistics everywhere! Read her
journal and let her teach you about autism!' - Liane Holliday
Willey, EdD, author of Pretending to be Normal: Living with
Asperger's Syndrome
Dasha's Journal provides research-based information in an amusing
and accessible form and makes serious and complicated issues such
as sensory perception, memory, communication, savant skills and
challenging behaviours in autism easily understandable for the
general reader. 'Dasha's Journal is a much needed work that blends
the literary journey with an engaging scientific study. The book
provides exemplary and cunning analogies to help the reader better
appreciate the inner world of the autistic person. The author's
thesis exemplifies autism as a different way of thinking with both
strengths and weaknesses. The final result is a funny, clever, and
up to date exposition of our present day knowledge regarding
autism.' - Manuel F. Casanova, M.D., Gottfried and Gisela Kolb
Endowed Chair in Psychiatry Associate Chair for Research University
of Louisville, USA
Just a few weeks old, Dasha the cat found herself in a family with
an autistic child. The publication of Temple Grandin's book Animals
in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal
Behaviour turned the household into a research laboratory, with the
humans observing Dasha's behaviours and the cat experimenting with
the 'human guinea pigs'. The feline perspective provides a new
outlook on autism conditions, challenging long established
stereotypes and analysing controversies in the field with an
unbiased attitude and humour. The text is interspersed with Dasha's
'wisdoms', 'research notes' and definitions of concepts based on
her own understanding, such as 'A pet shop is a place where humans
come to be adopted by the animals who are brave enough to take a
responsibility of looking after them.'
Dasha the cat offers her observations on the human family she lives with, that includes a child with Autism
T. O. Daria is the author of this much-loved book.
'Dasha is a brilliant feline! She is flat-out funny, wise beyond her cat years and a true champion of autistics everywhere! Read her journal and let her teach you about autism!" - Liane Holliday Willey, EdD, author of Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome'A heartwarming book providing insights into how autistic persons perceive and interact with the world as only a cat can. As Dasha "meows" about her human members of the family we learn how autism is a different, rather than a disordered way of being. This book is a delightful and informative read.'- Stephen M. Shore, EdD, Executive Director of Autism Spectrum Disorder Consulting, Board of Directors for the Autism Society of America and the Asperger's Association of New England 'Dasha's Journal is a charming and original way of explaining the mystery that is autism. Dasha is a cat who lives in an "autistic" family. Her observations on the behaviour of both the autistic and neurotypical members of the family put the "problems" of autism into perspective; we are often told that autistic people are "mindblind", but, as Dasha shows, neurotypicals are just as blind to the ways of those who are "differently abled", whether autistics or cats! The Journal is quirky and amusing, but beneath the humour lies a serious and profound examination of autism and the misconceptions that surround it.'- Charlotte Moore, author of George and Sam: Autism in the Family
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