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Old 01-29-2011, 02:17 PM
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Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
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Originally Posted by polly13
Thank you for sharing this one, JudithAnn. I am hoping to learn more about this little known subject.
Originally Posted by JudithAnn
"Look me in the Eye". It is written by a man who has Asbergers Autism. I have a grandson with this and the book really helps to explain what is going on in his mind. The man who wrote it didn't have a diagnosis until he was a grown man and grew up thinking he was seriously flawed.
You guys might also be interested in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. It is a fiction book told from the point of view of a boy with autism. Mark Haddon spent many years working with autistic kids.
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