Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s
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- ISBN13: 9780307396181
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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New York Times Bestseller
“As sweet and amusing and sad and right and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.”
—from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs
Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with additional people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to come out with out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them)—had earned him the mark “social deviant.” It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself—and the world. A born storyteller, Robison has written a moving, darkly amusing memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding guitars for KISS to building a family tree of his own. It’s a weird, sly, quick account—sometimes alien yet permanently deeply human.
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Asperger’s is a collection of “symptoms”, but it seems to be just a collection of personality traits. Giving it a name and adding the word syndrome makes it sound like some kind of disability. I just don’t reflect it is.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
A first hand look into the life of a child, adolescent, and adult living with Aspergers. To some extent helpful in identifying symptoms and behaviors of the disorder, but overshadowed by the frequent use of the “F” word in several chapters. Hard to judge this leader doesn’t have Teret’s! I would not recommend this book as an informative read, but merely recreational.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
The item was just as promised. It came in excellent condition. But, the book was ordered on May 4 and did not ship until the 14th. I did not receive it until May 27. I sent a note to the store and they responded very quickly. They let me know that it was within the manner of language window. I probably would deal with the seller again. I just would know not to be in a hasten.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
As a Single Mother with an adult son who has Asperger’s (his father died when he was 7) I thought this book would give me some insight. What I read was an insult to the people who suffer from this illness.
There is no way he could travel on airplanes, work for rock bands, etc. Asperger’s are very sensitive to lights, sounds, smells and very fearful of many things.
There are much better books out there that clarifies the right condition of Asperger’s. It is a very hard illness as they cannot communicate with additional people. They don’t know the concepts of having a normal conversation. Most of the time they are rude, takes over the entire conversation, talks about things no one else cares about, are obsessed with a particular theme and that is all the talk about for weeks until something else becomes their obsession. They never just ‘fit in’.
This book contradicts so many symptoms. I feel the leader does have some sort of illness but it does not sound like Asperger’s to me and is very misleading.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I lost any respect or sympathy for this man’s suffering with this condition due to his highly obnoxious personality and tricks. His pranks were no excuse for his condition. He did have knowledge of right and incorrect. Despite having the unfortunate set of parents he was saddled with did not give him the license to abuse his brother and others with his antics.
I establish it hard to belive the dialogue he has written that took place in his preschool years. I sure can’t remember what I said or what was said to me. Even his early grammar school years had actual dialogue passages.
The books wasn’t as appealing or insightful as I had expected. I had hoped to learn more about this condition, but that wasn’t the case.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5