John Elder Robison

Look Me in the Eye

My Life with Asperger's

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As sweet and funny and sad and true 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 other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits-an inclination to blurt 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 label 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 b… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-307-39618-1
EAN: 9780307396181
Produktnummer: 19360479
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.2 cm 233 g
Gewicht: 233
Sonstiges: Ab 14 - 18 J.

Über den Autor

JOHN ELDER ROBISON is the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye, Be Different and Raising Cubby. He lectures widely on autism and neurological differences, and is a member of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. John also serves on committees and review boards for the CDC and the National Institutes of Health. A machinery enthusiast and avid photographer, John lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his family, animals, and machines.