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alexandra_k said:
Christopher Frith springs to mind:

http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Neur.../dp/0863773346

He has a theory of what is going on for people with schizophrenia.

Similarly, there are a great number of researchers working on figuring out what is going on with Autistic people.

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I have not read the book. Following your link to Amazon, it sounds as though it might be valuable. It says there is only one copy in stock!

I have some thoughts about autism, too. Some of their reactions seem similar to mine. MY theory is that they (the children) have been challenged in some way (there can be many ways) that overwhelms some internal system -- and no one does anything to successfully relieve their distress. I wish professionals paid more attention to the input of some of us who seem to have related problems. I think that they do not think they can make any sense out of what we say (and many think we don't make any sense). I don't understand you -- therefore you don't make sense.

People who have gone through related challenges may have learned enough to be able to make some sense of autism (for instance) where professionals who don't have such experience do not.

It takes one to know one?