Deeply felt and often darkly funny look me in the eye is a delight people magazine it s a fantastic life story highlights include building guitars for kiss told with grace humor and a bracing lack of sentimentality entertainment news. Look me in the eye is a fantastic read that takes readers into the mind of an aspergian both through its plot and through the calm logical style in which robison writes.

Look Me In The Eye My Life With Aspergers John Elder Robison

This classic book deals with ageism feminism lesbian relationships and how society treats them.

Look me in the eye book. Look me in the eye is a fantastic read that takes readers into the mind of an aspergian both through its plot and through the calm logical style in which robison writes. Look me in the eye my life with asperger s by john elder robison release date. Unfortunately for john asperger s syndrome wasn t widely known when he was growing up.

Look me in the eye details robison s life growing up with asperger s syndrome before the condition was officially recognized by the psychiatric community. The book describes how robison learns to fit in without actually knowing why he was different. It combines personal experience of ageing with groundbreaking feminist theory.

Even if you have no personal connections with asperger s you ll find that robison like his brother burroughs has a life worth reading about. A kindly professor introduced him to electrical engineering which led to jobs where he found techie soulmates that were like him. A new york times best seller the book has subsequently been translated into french italian portuguese and german.

Even if you have no personal connections with asperger s you ll find that robison like his brother burroughs has a life worth reading about. If statistics are accurate the prevalence of abuse is much higher because domestic violence is notoriously under reported then up to 25 of the. This book is a wild rollercoaster ride through john robison s life from troubled teenage prankster to successful employment in electronics music and classic cars.

This new expanded edition includes a tribute to barbara macdonald by lise weil. Published in 2007 on the crown imprint of random house look me in the eye describes how robison grew up as a misfit in the 1960s at a time when the asperger syndrome diagnosis did not exist in the united states. Caryl s story is a rare gift as it provides insight into an epidemic that brews behind closed doors in more homes than we would care to imagine.

I hugely enjoyed reading look me in the eye. He was constantly told that he would end up as a criminal him having shifty eyes and all and what did he have to hide. Look me in the eye is something john robinson grew up hearing.

1 2007 affecting on occasion surprisingly comic memoir about growing up with asperger s syndrome.