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Be Different : Adventures of a Free-range Aspergian by John Elder Robison
Category: Health
The author of Look Me In The Eye returns, with endearing stories and actionable advice that will help Aspergians, and even ordinary geeks, embrace being different and work on the things that hold them back in life. With his usual honesty, dry wit, and unapologetic eccentricity, John Robison argues that ...Show more
Be DifferentMy Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers by John Elder Robison
Category: Health
“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 intel ...Show more
Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
Category: Biography
Look Me in the Eye tells of a child's heartbreaking desperation to connect with others, and his struggle to pass as 'normal' - a struggle that would continue into adulthood. By the time he was a teenager, John Elder Robison's odd habits - such as a tendency to obsessively dismantle radios and dig five- ...Show more
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
Category: Biography
From the time he was three or four, John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people. He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children, much to his distress, and by the time he was a teenager his odd habits - such as a tendency to obsessively dismantle radios and dig f ...Show more
Raising Cubby by John Elder Robison
Category: Health
John Elder Robison (the brother of Augusten Burroughs of Running with Scissors fame) wasn't a model child. For those who read John's first book Look Me in the Eye, he was awkward in school; he ran away from home; he threatened people with knives. As an adult, he learned he had Asperger's syndrome, which ...Show more
Switched On - My Journey from Asperger's to Emotional Awareness by John Elder. Robison
Category: Biography
Imagine hearing the words of a song but not feeling the passion that lies within. Imagine living for years with someone in need and not being able to sense their sadness. Imagine your world turned upside down... Like so many others, John Elder Robison was born with Asperger's. Over the years, he misrea ...Show more
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