Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 288 pages ; 25 cm.
Status
Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
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362.19685 R666
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, c2007.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-288).
Description
"John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label 'social deviant.' No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire-breathing guitars. Later, he drifted into a 'real' job, as an engineer for a major toy company. But the higher Robison rose, the more he had to pretend to be 'normal' and do what he simply couldn't: communicate. It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told him he had the form of autism called Asperger's syndrome. That understanding transformed the way Robison saw himself--and the world"--From publisher description.
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