Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
Encyclopedia
Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence is a non-fiction book about how it is like having a form of high functioning autism called Asperger Syndrome
. The book was written by the then 13 year old Luke Jackson
who has Asperger Syndrome himself. Luke wrote the book because he thought that there was not enough useful things on the internet about the subject.
The point of the book is to explain that is fine to be different. Luke goes through the problems that people with Asperger Syndrome face such as trouble reading facial expressions and body language. Luke Jackson lives in a family with three brothers and three sisters and his siblings have related difficulties as well.
The book received first place in Times Educational Supplement
awards in 2003 for special educational needs books.
Asperger syndrome
Asperger's syndrome that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development...
. The book was written by the then 13 year old Luke Jackson
Luke Jackson (author)
Luke Christopher Jackson is a British author who rose to fame at the age of 13, when he wrote a book from first-hand experience about his life with Asperger syndrome...
who has Asperger Syndrome himself. Luke wrote the book because he thought that there was not enough useful things on the internet about the subject.
The point of the book is to explain that is fine to be different. Luke goes through the problems that people with Asperger Syndrome face such as trouble reading facial expressions and body language. Luke Jackson lives in a family with three brothers and three sisters and his siblings have related difficulties as well.
Reception
David Worling of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry said that the book is filled with valuable information and is useful to have in a clinical library.The book received first place in Times Educational Supplement
Times Educational Supplement
The Times Educational Supplement is a weekly UK publication aimed primarily at school teachers in the UK. It was first published in 1910 as a pull-out supplement in The Times newspaper. Such was its popularity that in 1914, the supplement became a separate publication selling for 1 penny.The TES...
awards in 2003 for special educational needs books.