Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's
(Large Print)

Book Cover
Published
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2007.
Format
Large Print
Status
Sequim - Large Print Biography
LP BIO ROBISON ROBISON
1 available

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Sequim - Large Print BiographyLP BIO ROBISON ROBISONAvailable

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Other Editions and Formats

More Details

Published
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2007.
Physical Desc
461 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English

Notes

Description
John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire-breathing guitars. Later, he drifted into a "real" job, as an engineer for a major toy company. But the higher Robison rose, the more he had to pretend to be "normal" and do what he simply couldn't: communicate. It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told him he had the form of autism called Asperger's syndrome. That understanding transformed the way Robison saw himself--and the world.--From publisher description.