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"An essential guidebook for anyone who has difficulty fitting in. It will help all the creative, quirky, geeky, and wonderfully different kids to become successful in life. This book is fantastic." -- Temple Grandin , author, Thinking in Pictures From the Hardcover edition.
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“Always keep this point in mind: the word “delay” means what it says: late. Delayed isn’t never, no matter how much it may feel like that at age fifteen or even twenty-five.”
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“You've been Aspergian as long as you can remember, and you'll be that way all your life. It's a way of being, not a disease.”
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Madison Square Garden, 1979.
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Introduction
Asperger's and Me
The Three Categories: Aspergian, Proto-Aspergian, and Nypical
Finding Your Path to "Fitting In"
Part 1: Rituals, Manners, and Quirks
For the Love of Routine
What's in a Name?
Mind Your Manners
A Reason to Care
What Are You Afraid Of?
Part 2: Emotions
(Not) Reading People
What Is Love?
Emotional Triggers
Making and Keeping Friends
Feeling Bad News
Keeping Cool in a Crisis
Part 3: Getting Along with Others
The Center of the Universe
The Art of Conversation
Lobster Claws: Dealing with Bullies
Animal Wariness
Getting Chosen (and Becoming Choosable)
Part 4: Tuned In: Sensitivity to the Nonhuman World
Underwear with Teeth
Seeing Music
Managing Sensory Overload
A Walk in the Woods
A Day at the Races
Part 5: Finding Your Gifts
Learning Calculus
I'm with the Band
Plastic Brains
Attention to Detail
Secrets of My Success
Appendix for Parents, Teachers, and Others of Their Ilk
Asperger's--the Definition
Take the Test
Index to Aspergian Behaviors
For Further Study
Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Elder Robison (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0307884813
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0307884813
Page Count: 304
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 616
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