Judith Newman

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column "To Siri with Love" comes a collection of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for us all. When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple’s electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus, her son who has autism, she received widespread media attention and an outpouring of affection from readers around the world. Basking in the afterglow of media attention, Gus told anyone who would listen, "I’m a movie star." Judith’s story of her son and his bond with Siri was an unusual tribute to technology. While many worry that our electronic gadgets are dumbing us down, she revealed how they can give voice to others, including children with autism like Gus—a boy who has trouble looking people in the eye, hops when he’s happy, and connects with inanimate objects on an empathetic level. To Siri with Love is a collection of funny, poignant, and uplifting stories about living with an extraordinary child who has helped a parent see and experience the world differently. From the charming (Gus weeping with sympathy over the buses that would lie unused while the bus drivers were on strike) to the painful (paying $22,000 for a behaviorist in Manhattan to teach Gus to use a urinal) to the humorous (Gus’s insistence on getting naked during all meals, whether at home or not, because he does not want to get his clothes dirty) to the profound (how an automated "assistant" helped a boy learn how to communicate with the rest of the world), the stories in To Siri with Love open our eyes to the magic and challenges of a life beyond the ordinary.

A Mother, her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of Machines

To Siri with Love

a mother, her autistic son, and the kindness of machines

To Siri with love

Tout a commencé quand Gus, un garçon de treize ans atteint d’autisme, a découvert une entité virtuelle capable de lui fournir des informations relatives à ses diverses obsessions (les trains, les avions, les escalators et la météo), mais aussi d’engager avec lui un pseudo discussion, sans jamais se lasser. Cet interlocuteur s’appelait Siri et logeait dans l’iPhone de sa mère. À travers des épisodes tour à tour drôles, poignants et inspirants, Judith Newman nous conte son expérience avec cet enfant exceptionnel. Du plus charmant (l’insistance de Gus à emporter avec lui son iPad à l’Apple Store, « comme ça il peut rendre visite à ses amis »), du plus douloureux (s’entendre suggérer de mettre son fils de six ans sous traitement médicamenteux). Pour Siri avec amour nous ouvre les yeux sur la magie et les défis d’une vie qui sort de l’ordinaire. C’est aussi un hommage à la technologie. À une époque où l’on s’inquiète de voir les gadgets électroniques nous abrutir, elle révèle qu’ils peuvent offrir une voix à certains, notamment les enfants autistes. Traduit de l’anglais par Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj

Pour Siri avec amour

From the author of the viral New York Times piece “To Siri with Love” comes a collection of touching and hilarious stories about life with a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that offers insights and revelations for all When Judith Newman shared the story of how Siri, Apple’s electronic personal assistant, helped her son, Gus, who has autism, she received widespread media attention and an outpouring of affection from readers around the world. Basking in the media attention, Gus told anyone who would listen, “I’m a movie star.” Judith’s story of her son and his bond with Siri was an unusual tribute to technology. While many worry that our electronic gadgets are dumbing us down, she reveals that they can give voice to some, including children with autism, like Gus, who has trouble looking people in the eye, hops when he’s happy and connects with inanimate objects on an empathetic level. To Siri with Love is a collection of funny, poignant and uplifting stories about an extraordinary child who has helped his parent see and experience the world differently. From the charming (Gus weeping with sympathy for the buses that sat unused while bus drivers were on strike) to the painful (paying $22,000 for a behaviourist to teach Gus how to use a urinal) to the humorous (Gus’s insistence on getting naked during all meals, whether at home or not, because he didn’t want to get his clothes dirty) to the profound (the way an automated assistant helped a boy learn to communicate with the rest of the world), the stories in To Siri with Love open our eyes to the magic and challenges of a life beyond the ordinary.

To Siri With Love

Ulrich Mueller

Willis Overton

Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation between body and mind have been developed. Common among these conceptions is the idea that the body plays an important role in our emotional, social, and cognitive lives. This latest volume in the Jean Piaget Society Symposia Series illustrates different ways in which the concept of embodiment can be used in developmental psychology and related disciplines. It explores the role of the body in the development of meaning, consciousness, and psychological functioning. The overall goal is to demonstrate how the concept of embodiment can deepen our understanding of developmental psychology by suggesting new possibilities of integrating biological, psychological, and socio-cultural approaches. Developmental Perspective on Embodiment and Consciousness explores embodiment in two ways. First, embodiment is examined as a condition of and influencing the particular shape of psychological experience. This sense of embodiment reflects the effort to put the mind back into the body. Second, embodiment is examined as a reflective experience in the sense that the mind forms particular images about the body. This sense of embodiment reflects the effort to put the body into the mind. The book opens with a discussion of embodiment from a meta-theoretical perspective. Then the role of embodiment in grounding conceptual meaning is examined. This is followed by discussions of the role of embodiment in strengthening our understanding of emotions, cognitive development, religious experiences, and social development. Then the role of the body in spatial cognition and the role of language in the development of complex forms of consciousness are explored. The final chapters examine the impact of culture on the conceptualization of the embodied self. The book concludes with an overview of the historical context of the mind-body dualism and a discussion of how the idea of embodiment transcends this dualism. Intended for researchers and advanced students in developmental, cognitive, and social psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, biology, and sociology, this new book also serves as a reference for advanced courses on cognition and development.

Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness

Poems by Teachers

In Our Own Words

Donna Brown

Julie Bell

A firm-tactics plan for improving one's marriage to a poorly contributing spouse outlines ultimatum-level strategies for getting a reluctant partner to communicate appropriately, participate in child care, and undertake financial responsibilities.

How to Fix Your Man in One Year Or Less

The Scorecard

Judith L. Newman

Richard De Lisi

Edith D. Neimark

Moderators of Competence

Eine bezaubernde Liebeserklärung an eine Maschine – und an einen ganz besonderen Jungen. Gus ist 13 Jahre alt und Autist. Seine große Leidenschaft sind Wetterbeobachtungen, doch mit seinen Fragen überfordert er seine Mutter regelmäßig. Bis diese zufällig auf Siri stößt, Apples persönliche iPhone-Assistentin. Nicht lange, und Siri wird Gus' beste Freundin – immer ansprechbar, stets freundlich und nie um eine Antwort verlegen. Doch Siri stillt nicht nur Gus' Hunger nach Daten und Fakten, sondern sie hilft ihm auch, besser zu kommunizieren ... Ein ungewöhnlich ergreifendes und bewegendes Buch ... brillant geschrieben ... es wird die Leser dazu bringen zu lachen – laut zu lachen ... NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Hey Siri, willst du mich heiraten?

Hindy Najman

In this Festschrift, James Kugel's creative scholarship in biblical interpretation provides the inspiration for a wide-ranging collection of essays that treat the history of Jewish and Christian scriptural interpretation from antiquity to the present

Essays in Honor of James L. Kugel

The Idea of Biblical Interpretation

They loved you, cared for you - and turned you into the demented person you are today. This hilarious collection brings you hundreds of true "can-you-believe-they-did-that?" acts perpetrated by well-meaning moms and dads across America. Holiday humiliations, guilt trips, blurted-out secrets that ruined your life - all sorts of parent bloopers and embarrassments that will have you shuddering, and howling with laughter: the father who insisted on singing every verse of "Sunrise, Sunset" at his daughter's bat mitzvah... and showing a slide show of her mother giving birth; the mother who reported her daughter's boyfriend to the police because she mistook his insulin syringes for the instruments of a drug dealer; the proud parents who displayed their daughter's every trophy and award, no matter how minor, causing her friends to call her house "The Shrine" and the mother who hammerlocked her son's neck, bent him over, and pointed out to his college buddies where he was going bald.

Unexpurgated Tales of Good Intentions Gone Awry

Parents from Hell

Covering all grade levels, Tensions of Teaching is a collection of teachers' and principals' thoughts and reflections about their experiences as practitioners and learners. Through their writings, the participating educators learned a great deal about the political nature of teaching, as well as everyday issues that teachers face. They discovered that every action and every decision in a classroom carries with it the potential both to support and to interfere with a student's learning. They observed how their decisions make them vulnerable and fearful. And, they learned how teaching is fraught with tensions. The action research, and the writing which brings it to fruition, allowed them - and all who read this book - to better understand the constraints under which teachers work.

Beyond Tips to Critical Reflection

Tensions of Teaching

A brutally honest and hilarious memoir from an over-forty first-time mom. Veteran journalist and Ladies Home Journal columnist, Judith Newman spent seven years and $70,000 on infertility treatments, and finally, at age forty, she became pregnant with twins. You Make Me Feel Like an Unnatural Woman is not only her account of having children later in life: it's about what happens to a marriage -- and to the spirit, when even the most sought-after baby comes. Wry, warm, and brutally honest, this is the book for any woman who has awakened at 3 AM to the insistent shrieks of her darling and thought: Oh man, I'm too old for this.

The Diary of a New Mother

You Make Me Feel Like an Unnatural Woman

Gus is dertien, lief, gecompliceerd en autistisch. Zijn moeder Judith weet geen raad met zijn obsessieve, onophoudelijke vragenstroom. Op een dag komt ze op een briljant idee. Waarom vraag je het niet aan Siri? Zo ontdekt Gus dat Siri, de virtuele iPhone-spraakassistent, bijna altijd overal antwoord op kan geven. Siri is ook vriendelijk, beleefd, grappig, en heeft een eindeloos geduld. Ze wordt Gus' beste vriendin.

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