Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's, (Paperback)

from indygo88

This book appealed to me for a couple of reasons. First, I enjoy Augusten Burroughs' writing & when I heard his brother wrote a memoir of sorts, my curiosity my sparked & I felt like I needed to read about someone else in this eccentric family. Second, I come in contact with a fair amount of chil...

from HankIngram

As a person with Aspergers, I could relate somewhat to the writer. He manages to make the topic interesting even though it is a personal story rather than an autobiography. I'm not sure how a non-Asperger's person would relate to it however. As with most AD writers, it is very self-focused. You s...

from airdna

This remarkable memoir, from the older brother of Augusten Burroughs, gives readers a glimpse into the mind of a young man growing up with undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome, and as such is an invaluable resource for understanding the unique workings of the autistic brain. But there's more to it tha...

from SqueakyChu

Recently I've been doing some reading about Asperger's syndrome so I decided to give this book a try. Its author, John Elder Robison, is the brother of author Augusten Burroughs, best known for [Running for Scissors], a memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Cutting back to John who, as ...

from msbaba

I've been interested in Asperger's Syndrome for more than 15 years, ever since articles about the syndrome first started to appear in popular newspapers and magazines. It was obvious to me from the very beginning that the academic world in which I worked had an unusually high number of these bril...