What Is The Characteristics Of Asperger's And Seeing The Ability?

Disability Definition John Elder Robison points to the individual and/or societal, explicit or unintentional, defining of disability as an occurrence that violates the norms and/or expectations of society (Berger, 2013, pp. 9-15). Within this theme, the author highlights the normative dimension of culture and the societal framing of difference, not generally congruent with cultural values, as deviance (Goggin & Newell, 2005, pp. 23-26). This is clear in the chapters that describe interactions with medical authorities and the labeling of Robinson’s childhood symptoms as deviance and delinquency (Robison, 2007, pp. 6-16 & pp. 87-89).

Characteristics of Asperger’s and Seeing the Ability in Asperger’s Disorder The author educates the

37-43). Existing ways of seeing people with disabilities were revealed as I noticed myself expecting to be inspired by the text and finding myself surprised when the author chronicled some of his more serious pranks.

4. How the information shared in the memoir might shape the way you act as a professional in the future. The insight into my existing ways of seeing and valuing people with disabilities has highlighted the need to cultivate an attitude of curiosity and reflection because I now understand that I process information with the inherent bias of previous knowledge and experience. Consequently, as a counsellor, I will aim to listen effectively to the narratives of my clients and exercise caution not to definitively match the content to a pre-existing framework; particularly a clinical one. As indicated by Frank (1995) the language of medicine and psychology has the potential to undermine the disabled person’s narrative and pathologise experiences (pp. 1-25). Furthermore, I believe I would do well to routinely engage in scholarly reflection to identify unconscious prejudice and implicit