A Blessing and a Curse Autism and Me (PDF)

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Synopsis

Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, Caiseal Mór was labelled `retarded' and `an idiot', and his parents were led to believe that physical punishment could cure his autism.

In this courageous and captivating autobiography, Mór vividly captures his early experiences of dissociation from his true existence - a common reaction by children suffering from repeated abuse - and the various personas through which he lived through in his teens and early adulthood - the Mahjee, Charles P. Puddlejumper, Marco Polo and Chameleon Feeble. The rocky path towards discovering his true identity and finally accepting himself takes him on a spiritual pilgrimage via several different countries, once nearly getting caught unwittingly carrying drugs over the Moroccan border; forming relationships with people he meets but very often misjudges; to the revelation - the awakening - of love and acceptance.

Book details

Author:
Caiseal M R, Donna Williams
ISBN:
9781846426254
Related ISBNs:
9781843105732
Publisher:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-07-31
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2007
Copyright by:
 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Biographies and Memoirs, Nonfiction