by John Elder Robinson - £9.99 Ebury Press (2009)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9780091926335 | ISBN 10: 0091926335
From the age of three or four years old, John Elder Robinson realise that he was different from other people.
Unable to make eye contact or connect eith other children, by the time John was a teenager his odd habits and eccentric pranks had earned him the label 'social deviant'. It didn't help that his mother conversed with light fixtures and his father spent most evenings nursing a bottle of sherry.
Look Me in the Eye is John's remarkable story of growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis simply didn't exist. From a dysfunctional childhood, to his years touring with rock bands as a sound engineer, to then settling down with his wife and child, this book is a rare fusion of inspiration, dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind.
"John Robinson's book is an immensely affecting account of a life lived according to his gifts rather than his limitations."(Daniel Tammet, author of 'Born on a Blue Day')
(Price & availability last checked: September 2018)
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