NEWEST BOOKS
Look Me In The Eye
by John Elder Robison
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Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story
by Jerry Newport, Mary Newport, Johnny Dodd
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Solutions for Adults with Asperger Syndrome: Maximizing the Benefits, Minimizing
the Drawbacks to Achieve Success
by Juanita P. Lovett, PhD
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FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS OF LIVING WITH AS OR AUTISM
Songs of the Gorilla Nation : My Journey Through Autism
by Dawn Prince-Hughes, PhD
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The Asperger Parent: How to Raise a Child with Asperger Syndrome and Maintain Your Sense of Humor
by Jeffrey Cohen
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Women From Another Planet? Our Lives in the Universe of Autism
edited by Jean Kearns Miller
This is collection of writings by women on the autism spectrum. The book offers up their stories, their perspectives and provides information that will help everyone to better understand, appreciate, and respect these amazing women.
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Finding Ben: A Mother's Journey Through the Maze of Asperger's
by Barbara LaSalle
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From the publisher: "With two remarkable stories to tell, Finding Ben is both a fascinating look at a baffling neurological disorder and the profound story of one mother's personal journey from frustration and resentment to love and acceptance." (visit amazon for more reviews)
One Small Starfish
by Anne Addison
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Future Horizons
Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
by Valerie Paradiz
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Your Life is Not a Label - A Guide to Living Fully with Autism
and Asperger's Syndrome
by Jerry Newport, Foreword by Ron Bass (screenwriter of "Rain Man")
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Beyond the Wall : Personal Experiences with
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
by Stephen Shore
Pretending to Be Normal : Living With Asperger's Syndrome
by Liane Holliday Willey, PhD
This is wonderful book. Liane Willey is a writer, teacher, wife and mother who discovered her AS after her daughter was diagnosed. I HIGHLY recommend this book.
The Martian in the Playground: Understanding the Schoolchild with Asperger's Syndrome by Clare Sainsbury
Lucky Duck Publishing Ltd., 2000. ISBN: 1 873942 08 7.
This is a first person account of growing up with AS.
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You can order it by phone/fax from:
Lucky Duck Publishing, 3 Thorndale Mews, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2HX,
United Kingdom Phone: 0117 973 2881 Fax: 0117 973 1707
e-mail:
publishing@luckyduck.co.uk
Eating an Artichoke : A Mother's Perspective on Asperger's Syndrome
by Echo R. Fling, Tony Attwood (Foreword)
Discovering My Autism : Apologia Pro Vita Sua (With Apologies to
Cardinal Newman)
by Edgar Schneider
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Finding Out About Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, and Pdd
by Gunilla Gerland
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A Real Person: Life On the Outside
Gunilla Gerland (translated by Joan Tate)
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Bookpoint Ltd., 39 Milton Trading Estate, Abingdon,
Oxon, OX14 4TD, UK . Include credit card information or check. Cost: US
$29.95 plus postage of $2.50. Can also be ordered via an online bookstore:
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This is a beautifully written autiobiography about what it means to be autistic.
Thinking in Pictures : And Other Reports from My Life With Autism
by Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks
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Emergence : Labeled Autistic
by Temple Grandin, Margaret M. Scariano (Contributor)
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Nobody Nowhere : The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic
by Donna Williams
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Somebody Somewhere : Breaking Free from the World of Autism
by Donna Williams
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Autism and Sensing : The Unlost Instinct
by Donna Williams
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Just This Side of Normal : Glimpses into Life With Autism
by Elizabeth King Gerlach
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News from the Border : A Mother's Memoir of Her Autistic Son
by Jane Taylor McDonnell
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RELATIONSHIPS and MARRIAGE
Asperger's Syndrome And Sexuality: From Adolescence Through Adulthood
by Isabelle Henault
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Asperger Syndrome and Long-Term Relationships
by Ashley Stanford
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Autism - Asperger's and Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond
by Jerry Newport, Mary Newport
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An Asperger Marriage
by Gisela Slater-Walker, Christopher Slater-Walker
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The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome: A Guide to an Intimate Relationship with a Partner who has
Asperger Syndrome
by Maxine Aston
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ADOLESCENCE AND INTO ADULTHOOD
Employment for Individuals With Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies
by Yvona Fast
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Succeeding in College With Asperger Syndrome
by John Harpur, Maria Lawlor, Michael Fitzgerald
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Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence: Living with the Ups, The Downs and
Things in Between
Edited by Liane Holliday Willey
Contributors: Richards Howlin, Tony Attwood, Isabelle Henault, Steven Gutstein, Marc Willey, Liane Holliday Willey, Dennis Debbaudt, Rebecca Moeys, Jacqui Jackson, DeAnn Foley, Lise Pyles, Stephen Shore, and Mike Stanton. Foreword Luke Jackson
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Right Address ... Wrong Planet: Children with Asperger Syndrome Becoming Adults
by Gena Barnhill
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Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence:
Practical Solutions for School Success
by Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon
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Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence:
Helping Preteens and Teens Get Ready for
the Real World
by Teresa Bolick
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SOCIAL SKILLS and EMPLOYMENT
Relationship Development Intervention With Children, Adolescents and Adults: Social and Emotional Development
Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Pdd and Nld
by Steven E. Gutstein, Rachelle K. Sheely
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Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook: An Employment Workbook for
Adults with Asperger Syndrome
by Roger N. Meyer, Tony Attwood (Forward)
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BIOGRAPHIES OF INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH AS
(or speculated to be AS)
Diagnosing Jefferson
by Norm Ledgin
From the Publisher: "This offering, written by a historian who has a son with Asperger's Syndrome, examines Thomas Jefferson, one of the United States' most brilliant Presidents and his many behaviors that match the Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis. The book gives fascinating insight into Jefferson as well as documenting the multiple factors that contribute to this diagnosis
Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius
by Peter F. Ostwald, Lise DesChamps Ostwald
In the introduction to this biography of Gould, it is speculated that Gould should have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
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ASPERGER SYNDROME IN FICTION
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
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This is novel (mystery) written from the perspective of a teen with high functioning autism. From Book Review... "The hero of Haddon's debut novel is 15-year-old Christopher Boone, an autistic math genius who has just discovered the dead boyd of his neighbor's poodle, Wellington. Wellington was killed with a garden fork, and Christopher decides that, like his idol Sherlock Holmes, he's going to find the killer.."
The Speed of Dark
by Elizabeth Moon
From the publisher: "Thoughtful, provocative, poignant, unforgettable, The Speed of Dark is a gripping exploration into the mind of an autistic person as he struggles with profound questions of humanity and matters of the heart."
The Paris Option
by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
The AS character, Marty returns in this Covert One Novel.
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The Hades Factor
by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
This fictional book has a character, Marty, who is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.
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