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Be different my adventures with Asperger's and my advice for fellow Aspergians, misfits, families, and teachers

With his usual honesty, dry wit, and unapologetic eccentricity, John Robison argues that Asperger's is about difference, not just disability. He offers stories from his own life and the lives of other Aspergians to give the reader a window into the Aspergian mind. Equally important, he offers practi...

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Main Author: Robison, John Elder
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York. : Broadway Paperbacks, 2011.
Edition:1st pbk ed.
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Robison, John Elder > Mental health.
Asperger's syndrome > Patients > United States > Biography.
Asperger's syndrome > Social aspects.
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Summary:With his usual honesty, dry wit, and unapologetic eccentricity, John Robison argues that Asperger's is about difference, not just disability. He offers stories from his own life and the lives of other Aspergians to give the reader a window into the Aspergian mind. Equally important, he offers practical advice - to Aspergians, their parents, and educators - on how Aspergians can improve the weak communication and social skills that keep them from taking full advantage of, or even recognising, their often remarkable gifts.
Physical Description:xii, 284 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780307884824 (pbk)
0307884821 (pbk)
Author Notes:John Elder Robison was born in Athens, Georgia in the summer of 1957. His father was a professor of Philosophy in Amherst, Massachusetts. His brother is Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors.

Growing up John did not know he had Aspergers. He did know that he had a rare insight into electronics. With that knowledge, he joined a band, and ended up designing special effects guitars for KISS by the late 1970s. Afterward, he was an engineer with a major toy and game company. He moved up the corporate ladder for many years, and then became unable to function in the high social climate of the corporate wold.

He began fixing Mercedes and Land Rover cars in his driveway and opened his own car repair specialty shop---J E Robison Service. Eventually he was diagnosed by a therapist as having Aspergers. "Look Me in the Eye" is his honest and touching memoir.

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