Finding Kansas : living and decoding Asperger's syndrome

Summary: A man with Asperger's syndrome describes what it's like to live with the syndrome and advocates for other people with the condition to help find their "Kansas," or place where they feel comfortable and at home.

Record details

ISBN: 9780399537332
ISBN: 0399537333
Physical Description: print
xxii, 212 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Perigee book."

Formatted Contents Note:

A few words about my son -- The best day -- Emily -- Linda -- Game theory -- Work -- See -- Fear -- Trapped -- Tomorrow -- Crash -- School -- Scream -- Kenya -- Desire -- Las Vegas -- Film theory -- The darkroom -- Maybe-- -- What does it mean-- -- Small things -- A friend gone -- I-- -- Finding Kansas : the situational handicap -- Music -- Travel -- What has become-- ? -- Fear versus fear -- Sentence -- Crippled in addiction -- Must-- -- The hazards of "firsts" -- Media and "firsts" -- Future -- One thousand outcomes -- The conscious coma -- Invisible reminders -- Quest -- Tomorrow is an eternity away -- If I were dying of thirst-- would I ask for a glass of water? -- The limit of "clouds" -- Asperger's geometry -- The Fourth Wall -- Aliases -- In the end.