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Asperger's stories for all boys and girls
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 14x22cm
Pages: 104
ISBN: 978-88-590-2760-7
Publication date: 01/03/2022
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The book tells little Asperger’s stories to illustrate a sensitivity that doesn’t resemble that of most people. Stories that do not tell a different world, because the world is one, and do not speak of different people, because people are simply people.
Bare Feet and Dinosaurs does not follow a classic narrative with a character, a problem, a solution. It does not propose situations to be solved, but tries to share, interest and suggest. It describes some non-typical ways (among the thousands possible) to feel and react, to get excited and to experience friendship, affection, loneliness. The characters are as many, different and unique as the real people who inspired them. Their stories intersect, opening paths and possibilities. We don’t know where they end up, we don’t know how or why.
The book is a collection of snapshots, images of sensations, feelings and thoughts. It tells little stories and was designed to be read, watched and “nibbled at”, alone or together. You will not really discover all of the characters, but there will be many interesting ideas: in some you will be able to recognize each other, while others will “disconcert” a little because they are far from your own experience.
These are Aspergers stories because they try to draw a sensitivity that does not resemble that of most people, they tell numerous, noisy and fast thoughts, sounds that explode inside and hugs that cause physical pain, the confusion of not knowing how to read what you expect from me and the frustration of not being able to share what seems so natural and clear to me. But also the deep and structured pleasure of interests that make you happy, rested and refreshed (whether dinosaurs, photographs or canaries), a strong sense of friendship that often bravely resists misunderstanding, the beautiful and nourishing silence of solitude which restores peace, tranquility and energy.
INDEX
Foreward (by Chiara Mangione)
The stories
Afterword (by Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris)
Growing up and getting to know one other, discovering the world and making yourself understood is not easy for everyone in the same way. Bare Feet and Dinosaurs presents short Asperger's stories to highlight how the stereotypes and ideas circulating today about autism do not resemble the reality of real people.
Little Asperger Stories
Bare Feet and Dinosaurs does not follow a classic narrative, with the presentation of an evolving plot, nor does it describe a different world, because the world is just one. It tries to describe some non-typical ways, among the thousands possible, of interpreting and experiencing reality, feeling and reacting, getting excited and experiencing friendship, affection, loneliness. The choice to collect stories that do not follow a logical plot is intentional because we try to represent the sensitivity of Asperger's children, which does not resemble that of most people.
Stories, characters and possibilities
The book is a collection of snapshots, images of sensations, feelings and thoughts. It was designed to be read, looked at and “experienced” alone or together. You will not really discover everything about each of the characters, but there will be many interesting ideas: in some cases you will be able to recognize yourself, with others instead you will "remain a bit disconcerted" because we will have a hard time recognizing our own experiences.
The volume features many different and unique protagonists, just like the real people who have inspired them. We don't know where they end up, we don't know how or why. The stories intersect involving different characters and different possibilities.
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THE AUTHORS
Biagio Bagini Writer and musician, he has published many successful books for children and teenagers with the main Italian publishers. He is the author of lyrics and music for RAI radio and television programmes.
Chiara Mangione Trainer, scientific translator and promoter. She deals with the cultural perception of autism and self-awareness training of adults with Asperger's syndrome.
