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jellynail
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 Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: Helpful books |
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Anyone want to suggest books that could be helpful for young aspies? I benefited from reading the books Games People Play and Body Language at a young age. Where other aspies obsessed with computers, dinosaurs and outer space, I was studying the subconscious mind, and psychology in general. This I feel saved me from some of the difficulties aspies have understanding NT social behavior. Both of these books are very well-known, mass-produced works, and should be available in any bookstore with a psychology/self-help section. They might even be in your school library.
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SolaCatella
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| Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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I got a lot of help from reading books like Queen Bees and Wannabes that helped document the social interactions of my peers in a way that I could understand (i.e., from the standpoint of a sociologist). Books that document evolutionary biology and its effects on humans also helped me out, like Jared Diamond's The Third Chimpanzeee.
I also benefited from the fact that my special interest of fifteen years is dogs, so I applied canine motivations and body language to humans and used that to help myself out.
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jellynail
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| SolaCatella wrote: | | I also benefited from the fact that my special interest of fifteen years is dogs, so I applied canine motivations and body language to humans and used that to help myself out. |
Sadly, there isn't a doubt in my mind as to the veracity of this sentence. 
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shasta
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I found "Pretending to be normal" by Liane Holliday Willey to be quite interesting. Liane herself is an aspie.
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soz bout the late reply but freaks, geeks and asperger syndrome is a brill book, get it off amazon
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CurbRider
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shame, we gotta *sometimes* depend on books to help us fit in.
why don't we just say f**k the normal people? |
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| Have you ever read the Temple Grandin books? |
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| It depends on the level. Usually, schools would test for a level. |
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Enigmatic_Oddity
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For boys: Secret Men's Business by John Marsden. It's a good read for teen boys, written by the same fellow who wrote a number of popular teen fiction books like Tomorrow, When the War Began. It is not specifically geared towards people with AS, but I think that can be a point in its favour.
Also, Marc Segar's e-book at http://www.autismandcomputing.org.uk/marc2.en.html |
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