![]() Robisons clear writing provides substantial insight into the mind of someone whose disorder makes clarity very, very difficult.a valuable read." - Booklist provides incredibly helpful advice to families learning to live with these challenges. "Recommended reading for anyone seeking to understand Aspergian children and adults." - Kirkus Reviews ![]() In each story, he offers practical advice - for Aspergians and indeed for anyone who feels "different" - on how to improve the weak communication and social skills that keep so many people from taking full advantage of their often remarkable gifts. ![]() In Be Different, Robison shares a new batch of endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, giving the reader a rare window into the Aspergian mind. ![]() 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.īy 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 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. This book will help you bring out those gifts." "I believe those of us with Asperger's are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. ![]()
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