Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence is a non-fiction book about Asperger syndrome published in 2003. The then 13-year-old author, Luke Jackson, has Asperger syndrome himself. Jackson wrote the book because he felt there was not enough useful information on the Internet about the subject.[1]
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| Author | Luke Jackson |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Asperger Syndrome |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Publication date | 15 August 2002 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84310-098-0 |
| Followed by | Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger Syndrome |
Jackson is the son of fellow writer Jacqui Jackson, and most of his siblings have similar difficulties.[2]
Reception
editDavid Worling of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry said that the book is filled with valuable information and is useful to have in a clinical library.[3]
The book received first place in Times Educational Supplement awards in 2003 for special educational needs books.[4]
Other works and sequel
editAbout the same time as Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome, Jackson wrote A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet: For Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ADHD.[5]
Jackson has written a column on the BBC's ouch!.. it's a disability thing.[6]
In 2016, Jackson wrote a sequel to Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome, Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome (ASD): A User Guide to Adulthood.[7]
Jackson has written a poetry book titled Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger's Syndrome, (2006).[8]
References
edit- ^ "Bilingual book tackles Asperger's". BBC News. 6 June 2005.
- ^ Kamlyn Haynes, Jeffrey Geller (1 November 2004). "Book Reviews: Personal Accounts: Asperger Syndrome". Psychiatric Services.
- ^ David Worling (2005). "Freaks, Geeks, & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence". Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 14 (3): 85. PMC 2542912.
- ^ Geraldine Brennan (24 October 2003). "Everyone is good at something". TES-Newspaper.
- ^ A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet: For Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ADHD published February 2002, Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
- ^ "Ouch! Columnists, back to school". BBC. 10 November 2007. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
- ^ Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome (ASD): A User Guide to Adulthood Paperback – 19 Jan 2017 Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
- ^ Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger Syndrome Paperback – 15 Jun 2006 Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
External links
edit- Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence (BMJ Publishing Group)
- Book Review: Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome – A User Guide to Adolescence (About.com) Archived 18 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- At times I feel as though I come from another planet (Telegraph)
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