Amazing
An unbelievable book. I laughed, I cried...
I learned more about my son, I learned more about myself.
I found myself...
I couldn't believe the resemblences I found in this book.
At 51, I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, as is my Son of 17.
Liane Willey could be my twin, with all she went through. I wasn't too sure if I had written the book. Anyone needing validation should read this book. It covers growing in all aspects of Asperger's. Childhood "fits" and College idiosyncracies. A great read for any "Aspie"or anyone with a suspision of "Aspies". (Asperger's Syndrome)[[ASIN:1853027499 Pretending to Be Normal: Living With Asperger's Syndrome]
I love this book!
This was the first book on Asperger's Syndrome that I read. I loved it and still often go back to it and reread sections. It is very well-written, logical, engaging, and informative. I enjoy autobiographical books about people living with challenges and this one really holds my attention. I read it just before I was "officially" diagnosed with AS and I was so touched by what Liane shared and could identify with so much of it. It has really been a blessing to me. Pretending to Be Normal: Living With Asperger's Syndrome
Good description of Aspergers
This book is able to communicate what it's like to have Asperger's, from a whole-life perspective, and generally portrays it as "different" but not necessarily "worse". Has a few minor issues that a good editor would have caught, but very readable. I found it comforting, after some of the more clinical books on the subject.
The Way We Are
This book contains the autobiography of Liane Holliday Willey, a victim of Asperger's Syndrome, a neuro-developmental disorder within the Autism Spectrum. The author relates her struggles to understand the social world and to understand why she seemed to have these struggles no one else around her seemed to have until she received a diagnosis of Asperger's for her own daughter. She claims reading the description of the disorder turned on a lightbulb in her head and she understood what she had been fighting all her life.
I understand and relate. My own experiences with the disorder differ from hers however, like her, I did not discover a name for the problem until well into adulthood -- and it was indeed like a lightbulb being turned on and everything could be seen for what it was.
I recommend this book to anyone that struggled in childhood to make and keep friends -- and anyone who knows someone that went through that battle or is going through that battle now. Read this. Everything then makes sense.
Asperger's and Girls
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
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