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Look me in the eye [sound recording] : my life with Asperger's / by Robinson, John Elder.; John Elder Robison.;
Read by Mark Deakins.
Subjects: Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Be different : my adventures with Asperger's and my advice for fellow Aspergians, misfits, families, and teachers / by Robison, John Elder.(CARDINAL)485396;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and filmography (page 272).
Subjects: Robison, John Elder.; Asperger's syndrome.; Difference (Psychology); Marginality, Social.; Individual differences.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's / by Robison, John Elder.(CARDINAL)485396;
The author describes life growing up different in an odd family, his unusual talents, his struggle to live a "normal" life, his diagnosis at the age of forty with Asperger's syndrome, and the dramatic changes that have occurred since that diagnosis.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Be different : adventures of a free-range Aspergian with practical advice for Aspergians, misfits, families & teachers / by Robison, John Elder.(CARDINAL)485396;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.Asperger's and me -- The three categories: Aspergian, Proto-Aspergian, and Nypical -- Finding your path to fitting in -- Rituals, Manners, and Quirks. -- For the love of routine -- What's in a name? -- Mind your manners -- A reason to care -- What are you afraid of? -- Emotions. -- (Not) reading people -- What is love? -- Emotional triggers -- Making and keeping friends -- Feeling bad news -- Keeping cool in a crisis -- Getting Along With Others. -- The center of the universe -- The art of conversation -- Lobster claws: dealing with bullies -- Animal wariness -- Getting chosen (and becoming choosable) -- Tuned In: Sensitivity to the Nonhuman World. -- Underwear with teeth -- Seeing music -- Managing sensory overload -- A walk in the woods -- A day at the races -- Finding Your Gifts. -- Learning calculus -- I'm with the band -- Plastic brains -- Attention to detail -- Secrets of my success -- Appendix for Parents, Teachers, and Others of Their Ilk -- Asperger's: the definition -- Index to Aspergian behaviors.
Subjects: Robison, John Elder.; Asperger's syndrome.; Difference (Psychology); Individual differences.; Marginality, Social.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 14
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Look me in the eye [sound recording] : my life with Asperger's / by Robison, John Elder.;
Read by the author, foreword read by Augusten Burroughs.The author describes life growing up different in an odd family, his unusual talents, his struggle to live a "normal" life, his diagnosis at the age of forty with Asperger's syndrome, and the dramatic changes that have occurred since that diagnosis.
Subjects: Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Raising Cubby [sound recording] a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives / by Robison, John Elder.;
Read by the author.Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn't a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of 40, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. Still, John got the basics right. The one thing John couldn't figure out was what to do when school authorities decided that Cubby was dumb and stubborn - the very same thing he had been told as a child. Did Cubby have Asperger's too?
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Robison, John Elder.; Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome in children; Asperger's syndrome in children; Asperger's syndrome; Parenting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Raising Cubby : a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives / by Robison, John Elder.(CARDINAL)485396;
"The comic memoir of an Aspergian father raising his Aspergian son, by the bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye"--"The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad's relationship with his equally offbeat son--complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn't a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of forty, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. When his son, Cubby, asked, "Where did I come from?" John said he'd bought him at the Kid Store and that the salesman had cheated him by promising Cubby would "do all chores." He read electrical engineering manuals to Cubby at bedtime. He told Cubby that wizards turned children into stone when they misbehaved. Still, John got the basics right. He made sure Cubby never drank diesel fuel at the automobile repair shop he owns. And he gave him a life of adventure: By the time Cubby was ten, he'd steered a Coast Guard cutter, driven a freight locomotive, and run an antique Rolls Royce into a fence. The one thing John couldn't figure out was what to do when school authorities decided that Cubby was dumb and stubborn--the very same thing he had been told as a child. Did Cubby have Asperger's too? The answer was unclear. One thing was clear, though: By the time he turned seventeen, Cubby had become a brilliant chemist--smart enough to make military-grade explosives and bring state and federal agents calling. Afterward, with Cubby facing up to sixty years in prison, both father and son were forced to take stock of their lives, finally coming to terms with being "on the spectrum" as both a challenge and a unique gift. By turns tender, suspenseful, and hilarious, this is more than just the story of raising Cubby. It's the story of a father and son who grow up together"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Robison, John Elder.; Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome; Asperger's syndrome in children; Asperger's syndrome in children; Parenting.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 12
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Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's / by Robison, John Elder,author.(CARDINAL)485396;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome;
Available copies: 43 / Total copies: 47
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Switched on [sound recording] : a memoir of brain change and emotional awakening / by Robison, John Elder.; Just, Marcel.; Pascual-Leon, Alvaro.;
Read by the John Elder Robison.
Subjects: Autobiographies; Audiobooks.; Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome; Asperger's syndrome;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Switched on : a memoir of brain change and emotional awakening / by Robison, John Elder,author.(CARDINAL)485396;
Includes bibliographical references."When John Elder Robison published Look Me in the Eye, his darkly funny bestselling memoir about growing up with Asperger's Syndrome, he was launched into international prominence as an autism expert. But in spite of his success, he still struggled to decode the secret language of social interactions, and often felt like a misfit who understood car engines better than people. So when a group of Harvard neuroscientists told John about TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), an experimental brain therapy that promised to remediate the disabilities of autism and unlock his emotional intelligence, he jumped at the chance to join their study. Switched On recounts the adventure that followed, as John became a guinea pig to the world's top brain researchers inan effort to understand the social and emotional deficits that lie at the heart of autism, with electrifying results. As Robison describes his transformation: "For the first time in my life, I learned what it was like to truly 'know' other people's feelings. It was as if I'd been experiencing the world in black and white all my life, and suddenly I could see everything--and particularly other people--in brilliant beautiful color.""--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Robison, John Elder; Asperger's syndrome; Asperger's syndrome;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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