Autism Book Reviews Samples For Students

Executive Summary

“Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers”, is written by John Elder Robison. This is a bestselling memoir of the author, who was born with Asperger, when there was no mechanism to diagnose this condition. By that time he got to know about this condition, he had developed some unique strategies to deal with this condition. He identified his strengths and turned them into opportunities for himself. This book is unique in a way because it has been developed with a positive thought. It does not consider this syndrome as a burden, but recognizes ...

Introduction

The book, “A systems approach to small group interaction 11th edition” is a revised edition from the tenth edition of the same book. Stewart writes it. Ideally, it entails different scholarly and practical information based on a small group interaction. The content does not deviate from the title. It is comprised of eight distinct chapters within which information from the tenth edition has been modified to address the current audience. The various named and edited material within the book are as a result of the frank contributions from the avid readers of the book. The main adjustments are deemed to have been ...

Introduction

Engineering systems is an engineering concept that is of great importance to the engineers and non-engineers. This is a way on which systems are developed for some purpose is one of the reasons for the development of this component of engineering discipline. This paper will focus on a summary of the book “Engineering systems: Meeting human needs in a complex technological world” by Weck, Roos, and Magee (2011).

Chapter 1

The first chapter talks about the history of engineering and the various inventions that have been done in the world concerning engineering. The chapter focuses in the way human inventions have complicated the world. ...

Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris France in 1905 and was brought up in his mother’s family. He was educated by his mother who maintained a library of books necessary for his studies. He studied philosophy and taught at Le Havre. He took keen interest in anything that took place around him and this is what inspired him to write the book. He keeps a dairy and records details of what takes place daily even though such details may not mean anything to him. For example, he observes his bottle of ink cardboard and states that it is rectangular I ...

Introduction

Social psychology is the act of about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Also, it can be defined as the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations. They all concluded that human behavior was influenced by other people and the social context which this occurs. Social psychology therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others and look at the conditions under which certain behavior actions and feelings, thoughts, moralities, beliefs, intentions goals and individual perception are contrasted and even how ...

Book review: Asperger syndrome and adolescence

Bolick in her book, Asperger syndrome and adolescence, discusses the various challenges that the teenagers especially students experience during adolescence. Her main focus is on to the teenagers who suffer from Asperger syndrome and as well as sustain through the changes of puberty in the institutional environment. In most teenagers, Aspies begin to take more control of their personality traits in the period of adolescence (Bolick, 2004). The teenagers affected by this syndrome will desire social interactions and yet feel secluded than ever. This is for the main reason that the teenagers experience mood swings caused by the quick, ...

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“The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy” is a book that developed a reasoned argument about the vaccines versus autism debate. The writer of the book, Seth Mnookin, is aware that the vaccine has been an explosive issue not only in the United States but also across different cultures in the world. Mnookin provides an insight on the effects of biotechnology and how parents, scientists, sociologists, and politicians, among others have perceives it. In other words, the author injects a dose of reality to into the commonly known myth about the link between vaccination and autism (Taylor et al. ...

Introduction

Rape is an act of violence against the will of the victim. It is defined as “forcing the victim to submit to genital, anal and/or oral sexual acts (SECASA, 2012).” The attacker uses physical force, intimidation and threats to control the situation. The victim fears for her life and obeys the commands of the attacker, as her survival depends on the submission and compliance to the demands of the offender. Rape is an arbitrary event in the lifestyle of the victim. It’s unpredictable, sudden, and unexpected (SECASA, 2012). It is a tragic experience that comes with a devastating burden of ...

Autism's false prophets

The Book Autism's False Prophets takes us through a series of myths and misconceptions surrounding autism with an intention to refute these claims and tell the absolute truth concerning Autism. According to this book, Doctors have in the past taken advantage of parents with autistic children, giving them hope of a cure, in an otherwise hopeless situation.
In my opinion, this is a book that creates an awareness on autism, providing the basic facts, backed by evidence. The author, for example, maintains that nobody knows for sure at what point autism sets off in an infant because it is ...

Summary of the Book Tejanos&Texas under the Mexican Flag 1821-1836 by Andres Tijerina

Introduction
The publication of the book Tejanos& Texas came in the backdrop of the lack historical data regarding the invasion of the Anglo-American’s military, their political and economic espionage of the during Mexican flag. After 1836, the Anglo-American invaded the Mexican lands. Therefore, this book gives credible details of the lives of Americans after they had exerted their dominion over the Mexicans beyond 1836. Principally, this book gives historically rich information regarding the social cultural and political exchanges that occurred during these critical years of the war, and invasion of the Anglo-America into Mexico. Andres Tijerina, in this ...

Introduction

In “Willie’s Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing, and Winning Customers”, Philip Van Hooser discussed six secrets of persuading and drawing the interest and loyalty of customers. Van Hooser based these secrets on his interaction with Willie Watson, a taxi driver that drove him from the airport once. Van Hooser was impressed by Willie’s service and considered it as a standard that service professionals should follow. Since Van Hooser discussed six secrets or guidelines in persuading and satisfying customers, the following discussion will be divided into these six. Each ‘secret’ will be discussed thoroughly and will consequently be linked ...

Book Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

This is a great novel which is narrated directly through Christopher Boone, the main character and a kid with autism. Christopher is falsely accused of killing their neighbour’s dog, in which he decides to find out the real victim to prove his innocence. However, Mark Haddon, the author of the book argues that despite Christopher’s disability, he was still able to acquire cues, which led to unbelievable discoveries.

Q1. The only two emotions that Christopher was able to identify

Christopher was only able to identify the sad and happy faces. The identification of these two emotions is evident when Christopher gives out a detailed explanation that he has ...

Van Lier’s ecological approach examines the learning process holistically by looking at the behavior of teachers and learners. The author places emphasis on the interaction between the two as way of enhancing the use of language. This approach explores the interaction in social, physical and symbolic level. The Ecology and Semiotics of the Language Learning by Van Lier offers a detailed overview of the ecology of the learning of language. It encompasses various concepts such as semiotics, self, emergence and pragmatic effects of an ecological view regarding the use of language in the classroom. Also, Van Lier’s ...

Paul begins with a powerful ridicule against people saying that people believed in magic as medicine when science was weak and religion strong, now they believe that medicine is magic at a time when religion is weak and science is strong (Offit, 2008, pg. 1). He maintains in his criticism of malicious people against his ideas. Many people have since used Autism as a basis for their campaigns against the vaccination procedures being done on children. Once a London researcher claimed that the famous MMR (Measles-Mumps-Rubella) vaccine was responsible for Autism. Following this assumption, some interested parents resolved that ...

The book by Michael Byram “From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Essays and Reflections” is devoted to learning foreign languages in terms of culture at primary school. Language learning without cultural dimension is believed to cause danger, since children would use it to encode their own world, with no experience of “otherness”. Teaching is determined by social, political, and economic position of the society. According to the author, internationalization and globalization leave an impact on the educational sphere, and language teaching methodology requires revision, with consideration of intercultural competence. On the other hand, language learning is ...

The Ramayana

The Ramayana is an ancient mythological book written by Narayan R. K. It is a tale that forms an important Hindu Canon and is divided into four parts; the early on life of Rama, his exile, the abduction of Sita, and the defeat of Ravana and Rama’s coronation. It is a story about Rama, an Indian avatar whose wife Sita is abducted by a demon king known as Ravana. The story explores the life in India, human values, and the interaction between humans and the divine world. The Ramayana has become a part of Indian sacred literature that people learn from it ...

Introduction

‘Dibs in search of self’ by Virginia Axline presents series of chronicle play therapy sessions. It is an account that covers a year of therapy sessions for an emotionally crippled boy from a wealthy background. Although, ‘Dibs’, the boy shows the obvious signs of a gifted human being, their parents still insist that Dibs is mental retarded. This is because Dibs also present an abnormality in social behavior since he isolates himself from social contacts (Axline, 1964). Dibs further rarely speaks and physically lashes out at everyone including his parents, caretakers, sister and even classmates during school time. Throughout the ...

- Welfare recipients and culture of poverty
- In the chapters 2 and 7 of the book Flat Broke with Children, Sharon Hays tells us the story of U.S welfare from the inside of the welfare office, and also from the inside of mothers involved in welfare. She aptly describes the challenges that recipients of welfare face in the management of their families, work. Moreover, she tells the regulations and rules that pertain to welfare reform. Her research is hands on because it involves one on one interaction with the welfare recipients. The hands-on approach she takes makes ...

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Public Administration Capstone PUAD 5340vc01
Abstract
This review presents the book Managing performance in the Public Sector by Hans de Bruijn, summarizes and analyzes it. The book discusses the issues that arose from ineffective performance measurement and offers ways to handle these issues and mitigate their negative impact. Having analyzed the real-life cases and the extensive literature on the topic, Hans de Bruijn describes the perverse effects of performance measurement on public organizations and the quality of their services. The author proposes the use of design principles that will improve the system of performance measurement. These principles are variety, ...

“Ceremony,” Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, mainly seeks to explore the contradictions and the effects of two unique cultures mixing. In the novel, these contradictions are brought out by having a closer look at Tayo's life. Tayo not only bears the cultural contradictions in him but also a physical one as espoused in his green eyes. They symbolize the mix of white and the Native American origins in him.
The two cultures have adverse effects on the lives of the Native Americans, both positive and adverse. Tayo, an admirer of his Native American culture, happens to be educated in a ...

Positive Psychology

Donald O. Clifton, a pioneer in positive psychology, and his grandson, Tom Rath, developed the "bucket" and "dipper" theory of happy emotions based on Clifton's research and those of others. Using the metaphor of a bucket and dipper, the authors purport that our sense of well-being is determined by every interaction, which either fills our bucket or drains it. Their main claim is that when using positive psychology in everyday interactions, anyone can experience a happier life – it’s a matter of choice. Whether a co-worker, spouse, child, friend, student, acquaintance or even a stranger, all can benefit – including ourselves when applying this principle.
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The book Connected, written by Christakis, N. A., and Fowler, J. H., (2009) explains the surprising power which is in our social networks and demonstrates how these social networks shape our lives and our friends’ lives affecting everything we feel, think and do. The authors observe the significance of human connections and the effect they of people’s networks on the way activities take place in their own lives. The research covers areas like how the networks can assist people to solve problems. In the book, there are some strengths as well as shortcomings of how psychology contributes to ...

Categories of employees’ complaints

(What are the specific things the employees are unhappy about? If you were to group their specific complaints together, how might you summarize the kinds of complaints the employees have? You are welcome to create the categories, describe the categories and then list the examples from the video.)

The most specific things the employees are unhappy about are low wages, poor working conditions, lack of interaction and communication with management, lack of investment in employees, lack of pleasant and enjoyable work environment, lack of feedback from managers concerning ideas and suggestions, etc. These complaints may be summarized in several ...

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Dorothy Johnson was among the first “grand theorists” with the views of a conceptual model (Callista Roy, 2013). Her model was the first to consider both the understanding as well as action in healthcare. Actually, the Johnson Behavioral System Model (JBSM) was developed from the philosophical ideas, theories, and researches, as well as thoughts of many years. The model is comprised of a behavioral system (person) that is present within an environment consisting of physical, interpersonal, and sociocultural components. These environmental components are necessary for better functioning of the behavioral system ( ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by the famous author, Mark Haddon, is one of the best literary works to be adapted in the cinematic form of expression. Indeed, the story in context has enormous scope of quintessential and aesthetic portrayal of the events, emotions, frictions, and mystery. The young teenager of the narrative, Christopher, is the hero of this story in context. The way he is portrayed in the literary narrative truly impresses the readers, and it provides ample scope for catapulting the affective ...

The book “Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching” by Diane Larsen-Freeman is devoted to different methods and approaches of language teaching which can be useful for teachers of foreign languages. According to the author, the book should also make its readers think about the approach to language teaching more and finally work out their own unique method or a set of methods which will accord to their personal beliefs and convictions regarding language teaching. In order to present the book as a useful instrument in teaching, the author also provides a system of techniques which can be implemented in ...

Book Report

Thomas R.M believes that studying and understanding the growth and development of a child is helpful to train the young on how to live well. Children differ in emotional growth, physical, social and cognitive patterns. Children differ even if they are identical twins. Think of a child; you will find out that their response to the play, affection, people, and objects be it living or non-living in their environment is very different. In this book, Thomas R.M helps us to understand children better by discussing the principles of child development, the brain growth, and development of a child. He ...

Introduction

In the book, “The Behavior of Law” Donald Black tries to explain how the conduct of law is a social phenomenon. Black describes a general, quantitative and predictive theory that describes the various conditions within which law is applied or can be applied. Black argues that since law is a social phenomenon, it does not take into account the human nature concept. As such, law can be explained without incorporating a person’s motivations or any other psychological motivations. This means that the theory does not take into account the rationality of human beings and also the goals and ...

1. This books at the basic norm in the office and how people behave in the office . It follows the character of Bartleby and all his workmates. Societal norms are what the author looks at when he takes us through the working a New York law office . The office has people who have been thee working for a longtime. The fact that they are long serving shows that they follow the ways things operate in the society.

The fact that Bartleby being a new lawyer had an impeccable record showed that it was not a must for you to follow society norm to ...

THE GREAT INFLUENZA

The book the great influenza by john Barry takes us back to arguably one of the greatest medical disasters in human history, the book focuses on the influenza pandemic which took place in the year 1918. The world was at war in the First World War and with everyone preoccupied with happenings in Europe and winning the war the influenza pandemic displayed more of its opportunistic tendencies and struck when the human race was least ready and most distracted by happenings all over the world. In total the influenza pandemic killed over a hundred million people on a global scale, clearly ...

Based on the nature of countryside people, the story is set to clearly distinguish them from the urban people who are modernized and composed. Connor inputs various characters, Hulga serving as the main character to emphasize on the four sections that the author divides the story into and to show the role of the four central characters. He focuses his main theme on intellectual of country people who end up suffering the same fate no matter the degree of intellect. Basically, the story implies that people are not what they really think they are nor are they what they ...

The poem is about the king of Uruk, who was partially a man and partially an animal. He built a magnificent temple. The king of Uruk was very beautiful in relation to physical terms. The king was also very wise and strong. Despite the fact that Gilgamesh appeared like a small god, he was very evil in that he raped women carelessly and anyhow. He used forced labor and facilitated the oppression of the people in the society he was a king (Daimon 18). This text is still available and readable up to today. The oral versions of the story were also common ...

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The American children have a drastic difference in the quality of their lives and futures due to class differences. Annette Lareau has explored this fact in Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by utilizing her comprehensive observations. She has presented a clear picture of the American children belonging to poor, working-class, and middle class families. She has highlighted the contrast between various families. She points towards the frantic families that manage the chaotic schedules of their children's leisure activities. She also draws attention to families that have lots of time but minute financial security.
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Book Reviews

Book Review # 1: Zeitoun
This book by Dave Eggers is a spellbinding and enthralling description of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a true story, tells the story of an unjust arrest of and racial discrimination against a Syrian-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Eggers tells the shocking tale of Zeitoun family and has once again proves that he is one of the most impressive literary writers in the United States of America.
When New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, the prosperous Abdulrahman Zeitoun opted to stay at his place through the storm for protecting his house and business. After the passage of the ...

Daniel A. Hughes, a leading figure in Attachment Therapy, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in attachment, child neglect, abuse and foster care. He assists therapists, family service programs, parents and social managers who need help treating attachment disorder in children (Hughes, 2000), work for which he has become globally acclaimed.
“Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children” (2006) is a detailed account of the meaning behind being a child damaged by systematic abuse and trauma. The book uses the story format to translate the affective charge of various principled techniques of caring for and healing a child in ...

Kathryn Tanner – Christ the Key (2010), 320 pp
Kathryn Tanner joined the faculty of Divinity in Yale in 2010. This was after teaching in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago for sixteen years and the department of Religious studies in Yale for ten years. She has engineered a lot of research on the history of Christian thought to current issues of theological concern using cultural, feminist, and social theory. She has written several books such as; God and Creation in Christian Theology: Tyranny or Empowerment? The politics of God: Christian Theologies and Social Justice, Theories of Culture: ...

The Book Steel my Soldiers Hearts

The book steels my soldiers hearts is the embodiment of military genius. It is the personification of military prowess at work and the perfect combination of military strategy and art. In other words the book involves military strategy being combined with art and a genius to provide the best available military team at a time of war. The setting of the book is during the Vietnam War, one of the most brutal wars in the history of modern warfare. The book is about Lieutenant David Hackworth. David Hackworth had just written a tactical masterpiece for the pentagon in terms of well thought ...

This particular book is seen as a bold step towards discovering science and its related issues from the point of view of the indigenous American and other native people from the various walks of life in the this northern Hemisphere(Cajete 14)
. Native science traces its origin from well established and deep philosophical views. This particular philosophy usually touches on the correct relationship with the natural setup of the world which is usually passed through unswerving and direct contact with the landscape and also by way of social and ritual situations that enable members of a society to learn vital ...

Book review of ‘Childhood and Society’ by Erik Erikson – Book review, Literary and Psychological Analysis, Reflections on reading the book

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This paper will present you with the book review of ‘Childhood and Society’ by Erik Erikson. The review will focus on the analysis of its context in literary and psychological terms, its contribution to the field of psychology as well as on the reflections deriving from its reading. A short presentation of the book’s structure will be given providing you with a highlight of the basic elements of each chapter. Emphasis will be given on the psychological theory developed in this book on behalf of Erik Erikson, a widely acknowledged psychologist and psychoanalyst who has developed ...

First published in 1813, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a comic novel of manners. The novel describes the trials and tribulations of the upper middle class English gentry of that time in finding love (Austen, 1813). Although not well known at the time of its publication, this novel and Sense and Sensibility, published earlier, have become highly popular during the 20th century and are now routinely seen on listings of the “100 best novels” or the “100 most read novels” (Donahue, 2013). Austen’s books are known for their feminine view of the world at a time when female ...

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The Greed of Colonialism
Hochschild shows King Leopold’s greed when he sent the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley to collect signatures from the tribal leaders handing over their land to him, by taking advantage of their ignorance. They did not consider that the people living in Africa had their way of life and already had their own forms of government. The European colonizers did not consider the misery and pain they would be putting Africans through with their plans to take over their land. They considered Africa empty and the inhabitants primitive and uncivilized. This was not ...

Faith Mcnulty was the author of the book, The Burning Bed. The Burning bed was a non-fiction book that tackled family problems and at some point, the possible consequences of an unresolved husband and wife conflicts. This book later on was adapted to a film. The film won several awards and nominations because of the boldness of the story which revolves around the story of Francine, a battered wife.

The Burning Bed is a non-fiction book which represented the life of Francine Hughes. She was basically subjected to a great deal of violence from her husband. It was a book that staged how human rights ...

Introduction

This is a case of a Chris’ family. Chris has a wife named Ann and a son named Alan. They are an independent family living in New York. They live inside a two-story house. Each has their own separate rooms and they are able to communicate and talk with each other at least two to three times per day. Chris is currently 40 years old, Ann is 38 y/o and Alan is 12 y/o. This paper aims to examine the communication patterns present in Chris’ family and check their use of body language, other communication skills, if they are using negative communication styles and ...

Book Review: Allen, Catherine J. 2002 The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community. Washington, D.C

Book Review: Allen, Catherine J. 2002 The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community. Washington, D.C.
Introduction
The book “The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community” is an idiosyncratic ethnography of the Quechua-speaking people of the Andes. The book brings the story of this group of people into present and hubs mainly on the very real problems of cultural continuity in a dynamic world. The author manages to discover demonstrates that the hold life has in 2002 is not the same as it was 1985. This ethnography is very ...