Not even wrong11/30/2022 Fortunately, Paul Collins is eminently suited to act as his guide. He was gifted, intelligent, preternaturally focused, but a stranger in the strange land of human emotions. At age one Morgan learned the alphabet by two, he was reading, counting, even doing multiplication tables-yet he couldn't respond to his own name and scarcely noticed others in the room. Paul Collins and his wife Jennifer thought their son was perfect. Paul Collins dabbles in neurology and science history, but what emerges is nothing less than a portrait of how his son Morgan's mind works-as well as a respectful and fascinating account of those with autism and their contributions to our world. Part memoir, part history, Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism traces the lives of suspected autists both famous and obscure, from Peter the Wild Boy, a semi-feral child who became a sensation at the court of George I, to Henry Darger, the recluse and outsider artist.
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