ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Irving Chiang realised that he was “different” from other people when he was seventeen, and soon after, slipped into depression. He was later diagnosed as having the schizoid personality disorder (variant of autistic spectrum disorder).

SYPNOPSIS:

The book unravels mystique over how the author overcame all odds in conquering the “death keel” to social acceptance. His break came after accepting Christ in his mid-twenties. Five tough years of self-rationalisation were not without fruit; he identified his difficulty as part of the autistic spectrum disorder and appears to have uncovered the cause and cure of the disorder, at least sufficient for him to lead an ordinary life. The current medical definitions of the disorder are limited in scope. They ignore a larger part of the population that have a broader autism phenotype with similar communicative and social disabilities but that are less severe in nature.

CAUSE & CURE:

The author hypothesizes that the autistic spectrum disorder is likely caused by trauma. This relation is drawn from the insights gained from his experiences. The book explains further that pervasive development disorders are likely caused by a traumatic experiences but because of onset at an early age of the child’s development, the child would not likely remember the experience. The nature of the traumatic experience likely differs from that of the current definition of post traumatic stress disorder and could be in the form of prolonged separation from the parent or it could be imaginary, for example the imagined loss of his parent, etc.

We do not fully understand the consciousness of a young child and he may perceive an ordinary event to be traumatic. The book also provides a primitive cure (rather controversial) and at this moment is effective only for a group of sufferers of these disorders, mainly of the profile of a male past puberty. It will depend on the scientific fraternity to devise variations of the physiotherapy or other surgical methods that will prove more effective and widen the scope of relieve to the sufferers of these disorders. The book will also touch on insights into how to prevent such disorders.

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