The World Through a Magnifying Glass

Understand autism and how to communicate with people affected by mild ASD

2nd edition

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Some reviews

"My son was recently diagnosed and I needed to be able to understand how he views the world. Why certain things would overwhelm him and cause so much anxiety and pain. This book made it so clear and easy to understand."

Geiger T.

"Thanks to Luca Dellanna for his book about autism and ASD. It's probably one of the best works I have read in that matter (I have read a few) and it's surprising how realistically he depicts the condition."

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Manel Vilar

Software developer

"Loved The World Through a Magnifying Glass – this analogy NAILS IT."

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Emerson Spartz

NYT Bestselling author

About the book

How do people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) perceive the world?

And how to communicate with them effectively?

In this ground-breaking book, author and researcher Luca Dellanna explains how autism is primarily a perceptual disorder rather than a learning disorded (impaired learning comes as a result of a different perception) and how we can adjust the way we communicate to bridge such differences.

What's inside

  1. The Magnifying Glass

    a metaphor to explain autistic perception.

  2. Two domains

    why people with (mild) autism prefer some detailed fields such as maths and physics and are impaired at contextual fields such as sports and social interactions.

  3. A two-tailed spectrum

    how not only there are hyper-detailed people (people labeled as autistic) but also hypo-detailed people – a currently-unlabeled part of the population suffering from a perceptual impairment opposite to the autistic one.

  4. A spectrum of behaviors

    Prioritization by Specificity, Peripheral Functionality Blindness, and other peculiarities frequently exhibited by people with ASD

  5. Learning and Teaching

    how to communicate effectively with people with (mild) ASD.

  6. And much more…

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"My son was recently diagnosed and I needed to be able to understand how he views the world. Why certain things would overwhelm him and cause so much anxiety and pain. This book made it so clear and easy to understand."

Geiger T.

About the author

Luca Dellanna

Luca Dellanna is the author of more than ten books. He is a researcher in adaptive systems and a management advisor.

Luca has also been teaching risk management and related topics for over ten years at the University of Genoa (as an external lecturer), and frequently gives guest lectures at many public and private institutions.

He has been a speaker at some of the most prestigious conferences and podcasts, such as Nudgestock (the largest behavioral sciences conference) and Econtalk (twice). He has been featured on The Spectator and other famous newspapers.

Luca lives in Turin, Italy, with his wife Wenlin and his dog Didi. He frequently spends time in Singapore for business and to visit family.

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Société Génerale
Shopify
DuPont
McKinsey and Company
Standard Chartered
Shopify
Marriott
Genova University
Mises Institute
Upstart Wealth Management
Société Génerale
Shopify
DuPont
McKinsey and Company
Standard Chartered
Shopify
Marriott
Genova University
Mises Institute
Upstart Wealth Management
Société Génerale
Shopify
DuPont
McKinsey and Company
Standard Chartered
Shopify
Marriott
Genova University
Mises Institute
Upstart Wealth Management

Luca is fluent in EN, IT, FR, ES, and has experience in the following industries: automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical, logistics, agricultural, fast-moving consumer goods, food, finance, fintech, tech, software, electronics, retail, hospitality, and consulting.

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