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Asperger's book, Look Me in the Eye
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 159181" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>I finished the book (Look Me In The Eye). It was great! I'm going to post a cpl paragraphs here that made me think of our g'sfg.</p><p> </p><p>"A person with an obvious disability--for example, someone in a wheelchair--is treated compassionately because his handicap is obvious... With me, though, there is no external sign that I am conversationally handicapped. So folks hear some conversational misstep and say, 'what an arrogant jerk!'"</p><p> </p><p>About his wife ... "She watches what people say and do around me, and explains things I miss... she is patient when I ask the same questions over and over. For example, at noon most days I phone her and say, 'Woof! Do you like your mate?'</p><p>'Yes, I like you,' she reassures me. </p><p>An hour later, I must have forgotten the last call because I call again and say, 'Woof! Do you like your mate?'</p><p>'Yes, I still do like you,' she says.</p><p> This may go on four or five times in the course of a day. By the fifth time, she might say, 'No, I don't like you any more,' but by then I know she is just teasing. She really does like me. So I feel safe. </p><p>I have no idea why I ask the same thing over and over, but I do. If I am made to stop, I often become anxious."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 159181, member: 3419"] I finished the book (Look Me In The Eye). It was great! I'm going to post a cpl paragraphs here that made me think of our g'sfg. "A person with an obvious disability--for example, someone in a wheelchair--is treated compassionately because his handicap is obvious... With me, though, there is no external sign that I am conversationally handicapped. So folks hear some conversational misstep and say, 'what an arrogant jerk!'" About his wife ... "She watches what people say and do around me, and explains things I miss... she is patient when I ask the same questions over and over. For example, at noon most days I phone her and say, 'Woof! Do you like your mate?' 'Yes, I like you,' she reassures me. An hour later, I must have forgotten the last call because I call again and say, 'Woof! Do you like your mate?' 'Yes, I still do like you,' she says. This may go on four or five times in the course of a day. By the fifth time, she might say, 'No, I don't like you any more,' but by then I know she is just teasing. She really does like me. So I feel safe. I have no idea why I ask the same thing over and over, but I do. If I am made to stop, I often become anxious." [/QUOTE]
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