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The Asperger Personal Guide: Raising Self-Esteem and Making the Most of Yourself as a Adult with Asperger's Syndrome (Lucky Duck Books)

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As someone probably with Asperger myself, I highly value this book. It's positive and brings forth the many strengths and good qualities of having Asperger. Makes you feel good about yourself, and also the book is full of much valued information. Also good for explaining to other's what Asperger really is.

I just bought this book and I am a couple chapters into it. It is a little off putting how much time the author spends putting NTs down. The author seems to assume that all NTs are ignorant and prejudiced and unwilling to accept anything different from themselves. Like we are in grade school all standing around making fun of someone and laughing at them. AS is an obscure syndrome that hasn't been around very long and with many AS people it is very hard to even know something is different about them. I have lived with my husband for 10 years not knowing what was up, he just got diagnosed with AS. I am reading this book to find answers not to be berated for being an NT. Obviously if an NT is reading an AS book they are trying to gain a better understanding, I dont really understand why the author starts right off the bat with reverse prejudice remarks that just go on and on. Then the author goes into how if every AS had perfect parents that knew exactly what to do there wouldn't even be problems with having AS because the parents would have been so perfect that they could have made it all right with out even hitting any problems. Like this isn't true for all the NTs in the world, if we all had perfect parents wouldn't we all be better off? All of this is followed up by a comparison to cultures saying who knows what culture is the "right" culture. That if all the NTs in the world were open and accepting of everything and if all the NTs in the world knew perfect reactions to every situation in the world then the AS people would have no anxiety. So its all the NTs fault that the ASs dont know how to deal with stress. If I moved to a foreign country I would not expect the whole country to adapt to my culture I would understand that if I want to succeed in a foreign culture that I would need to fit in. And we all NT or AS need to learn how to deal with stress and anxiety. This book just seems to to blame blame blame rather than accept the way life is and educate the reader on how to better their situation. I simply cant keep reading this book it is written poorly and doesn't seem to be based on anything real, just an author rambling about how wrong the world is to all the Aspies in the world.