![]() ![]() Well, it was tremendously liberating and empowering because people had called me names, and I had always perceived myself as defective … I didn’t know what was different about me but I could see that there was something the matter with me because other people had all these social success and I didn’t. ![]() But for me, it was also good that I did get held to the same standard as everyone else, and I had to just make my way in the world.ĭid you feel a sense of relief when you got the diagnosis? On the one hand, it’s good that kids get diagnosed and they get special assistance in school. I grew up without being constrained by any kind of diagnostic label. Are you describing a time before diagnosis? Your new book is Be Different, then you use the term “Free Range” in the subtitle. Some of those things help me to be successful, and some of those things hold me back, so it’s a mix, all those different traits.” Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian With Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers is filled with stories he says “show how every component of autism that you find in the DSM manual affects my life. ![]() He thought he would write a second book because he realized that people had such a strong desire for insight. His first book Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s became one of the most popular works to introduce people to autism. ![]() John Elder Robison is as fascinating as you might imagine bright, articulate and thoughtful. ![]()
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