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| The Secret Language of Dolphins | 
| Authors: Patricia St. John, Patricia St John
Publisher: Disc-Us Books
Category: Book
Buy Used: $39.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2675326
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 158444021X
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781584440215
ASIN: 158444021X
Publication Date: May 1, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: **New, never used copy, light shelf wear/rubbing to cover, contents in unmarked EXCELLENT condition; ships USPS with delivery confirmation in US
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| Customer Reviews:
 Interesting, needs some updating October 6, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is fascinating. However, there are a few things that really "date" the book and are a little "off-putting."
The author's continual use of the terms "autistics," "paraplegics," and "wheelchair-bound" - are clearly terms from days gone by. Today it is customary and more respectful to speak of people who use wheelchairs (rather than being "bound" to them), people who have autism or paraplegia. The Person-First movement (which advocates putting the person first before the disability) has helped us to think of individuals as PEOPLE - all of whom have unique traits. Disability is just one of many aspects of an individual. Therefore, the person is not an "autistic." But rather, a person who sees the world in a very unique way, who has many different likes and dislikes, and for which disability is part of, but not the entire defining feature of one's life.
The author seems to group people with autism into one big group and loses the individuality of the people she is tying so desperately to understand.
Perhaps this kind of thinking is reflective of the time in which the book was written (early 1990s), but it still takes something away from understanding the unique individuals she had a chance to meet and study.
Other than this, I would highly recommend this book. It is engaging, enlightening, and very entertaining.
 An Engrossing Record of Interspecies Development December 14, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an extraordinary telling of a very engrossing subject, from a clinical and a very personal viewpoint: how cetacaens and humans can interact.Ms. St. John pays particular attention to ways that being with dolphins and porpoises can have special value in pulling autistic humans into a larger world, along with her own notes of general life. Very recommended.
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