Be Different. Adventures Of A Free Range Aspergian With Practical Advice For Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 286 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: I believe those of us with Asperger's are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts. In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn't exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents won him jobs with toy makers and rock bands but did little to endear him to authority figures and classmates, who were put off by his inclination to blurt out non sequiturs and avoid eye contact. By the time he was diagnosed at age forty, John had already developed a myriad of coping strategies that helped him achieve a seemingly normal, even highly successful, life. In Be Different, Robison shares a new batch of endearing storiesabout his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, giving the reader a rare window into the Aspergian mind. show more

ISBN: 9780307884817