Lucy's Story: Theoretical and Research Studies Into the Experience of Remediable and Enduring Cognitive Losses

by Lucy Blackman

Born with Autism, Lucy could not understand much of what was said around her. Her own language came later from newspapers and books. She created stories and poems in her head from the words she had read. As an adult she still barely speaks.

In her teens she started using a keyboard with someone touching her arm, but that was not a substitute for ordinary speech. Lucy's language had developed in a world of her own making in which she had never...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843100428
• ISBN13: 9781843100423
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"