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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 411322"><p><em><span style="color: darkorchid">Look Me In the Eye</span></em> - John Elder Robison (if you're familiar with <span style="color: deepskyblue"><em>Running With Scissors</em></span>, this is written by the older brother that left home before most of that happened)</p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: darkorchid">I Want to be Like You</span></em> - Travis Breeding</p><p></p><p>Both are first-person written by guys who grew up with undiagnosed Asperger's. An interesting look into their struggles and thought patterns from youth to adulthood and diagnosis.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><em>Counseling the Gifted and Talented </em><span style="color: black">- Linda Kreger Silverman</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black">One of the single most helpful books I have ever picked up in my life and I need yet another copy of it. Everything from how they think, to the ins and outs of sensory issues, a great help in understanding gifted kids or in my case understanding myself when I found it (and can't say it hasn't helped me understand Kiddo, too). I first saw this book in my early 20s and it cleared up a lot of mysteries for me.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black"><em>Edit: Wow the price has gone up! My first copy was $25 and it was new!</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 411322"] [I][COLOR=darkorchid]Look Me In the Eye[/COLOR][/I] - John Elder Robison (if you're familiar with [COLOR=deepskyblue][I]Running With Scissors[/I][/COLOR], this is written by the older brother that left home before most of that happened) [I][COLOR=darkorchid]I Want to be Like You[/COLOR][/I] - Travis Breeding Both are first-person written by guys who grew up with undiagnosed Asperger's. An interesting look into their struggles and thought patterns from youth to adulthood and diagnosis. [COLOR=red][I]Counseling the Gifted and Talented [/I][COLOR=black]- Linda Kreger Silverman One of the single most helpful books I have ever picked up in my life and I need yet another copy of it. Everything from how they think, to the ins and outs of sensory issues, a great help in understanding gifted kids or in my case understanding myself when I found it (and can't say it hasn't helped me understand Kiddo, too). I first saw this book in my early 20s and it cleared up a lot of mysteries for me. [I]Edit: Wow the price has gone up! My first copy was $25 and it was new![/I] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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