- ISBN13: 9780307396181
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
New York Times Bestseller
“As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.”
—from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs
Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)… More >>
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Asperger’s is a collection of “symptoms”, but it seems to be just a collection of personality traits. Giving it a name and adding the word syndrome makes it sound like some kind of disability. I just don’t think it is.
Rating: 1 / 5
A first hand look into the life of a child, adolescent, and adult living with Aspergers. Somewhat helpful in identifying symptoms and behaviors of the disorder, but overshadowed by the frequent use of the “F” word in several chapters. Hard to believe this author doesn’t have Teret’s! I would not recommend this book as an informative read, but merely recreational.
Rating: 2 / 5
As a Single Mother with an adult son who has Asperger’s (his father died when he was 7) I thought this book would give me some insight. What I read was an insult to the people who suffer from this illness.
There is no way he could travel on airplanes, work for rock bands, etc. Asperger’s are very sensitive to lights, sounds, smells and very fearful of many things.
There are much better books out there that explains the true condition of Asperger’s. It is a very difficult illness as they cannot communicate with other people. They don’t understand the concepts of having a normal conversation. Most of the time they are rude, takes over the entire conversation, talks about things no one else cares about, are obsessed with a particular subject and that is all the talk about for weeks until something else becomes their obsession. They never just ‘fit in’.
This book contradicts so many symptoms. I feel the author does have some sort of illness but it does not sound like Asperger’s to me and is very misleading.
Rating: 1 / 5
The item was just as promised. It came in good condition. However, the book was ordered on May 4 and did not ship until the 14th. I did not receive it until May 27. I sent a note to the store and they responded very quickly. They let me know that it was within the delivery window. I probably would deal with the seller again. I just would know not to be in a hurry.
Rating: 4 / 5
I purchased this book, in the hopes that it would help me, and my 19 year old son (who was very recently diagnosed with Asperger’s), to understand — from an “Aspergian’s” point of view — what is going on.
He, John Elder, says that he was mislabelled a “social deviant”. I think that label is more accurate than Asperger’s!!! All of his antics showed that he came from a very very broken home, and his pranks were, in my opinion, his way of getting attention. Yes, John is an incredibly bright man. His pranks, were sometimes hilarious, and more often destructive, and illegal, and just mean.
If you googled Asperger’s and looked at the “symptoms”, you would see almost NO correlation between John and Asperger’s.
I wish I could get my money back. This book did nothing to help me understand the Asperger’s mind. It was just filled with with juvenile delinquent stories.
Rating: 1 / 5