02086cam a2200325 4500 758586630 TxAuBib 20090106120000.0 070328t20082007||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007013139 9780307396181 pbk. $14.95 0307396185 pbk. $14.95 (OCoLC)244485122 DLC DLC DLC NjBwBT TxGR TxAuBib Robison, John Elder. Look me in the eye [Book] : my life with Asperger's / John Elder Robison. 1st paperback ed. New York, NY. : Three Rivers Press, 2008. ©2007. xiv, 302 p. ; 21 cm. Originally published: Crown, 2007. Includes a new postscript from the author and a reading group guide. Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295). A little misfit -- A permanent playmate -- Empathy -- A trickster is born -- I find a Porsche -- The nightmare years -- Assembly required -- The dogs begin to fear me -- I drop out of high school -- Collecting the trash -- The flaming washtub -- I'm in prison with the band -- The big time -- The first smoking guitar -- The ferry to Detroit -- One with the machine -- Rock and roll all night -- A real job -- A visit from management -- Logic vs. small talk -- Being young executives -- Becoming normal -- I get a bear cub -- A diagnosis at forty -- Montagoonians -- Units one through three -- Married life -- Winning at basketball -- My life as a train. 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. 20090106. Robison, John Elder Mental health. Asperger's syndrome Patients United States Biography. RV8