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Asperger's and Girls
by Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin, Teresa Bolick, Catherine Faherty, Lisa Iland, Jennifer McIlwee Myers, Ruth Snyder, Sheila Wagner, Mary Wrobel
from Future Horizons

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Mixed Bag, but Worth Reading
  This collection of essays is welcome and needed. However, they won't all be equally useful to everyone. "Preparing for Puberty and Beyond" sounded like it was written in the 1950s, not the 2000s. Waiting until high school to educate a girl about sex is really not good advice. However, I agree with other reviewers who said that the "Dating Dos and Don'ts" article was wonderful. This is probably the best material I have read on dating, ever, ANYWHERE. I wish I could give a copy of this essay to every girl,... more info

• Asperger and the female in western society
  Very dry and not as useful as I had hoped for...
  It had its moments though and I am glad to have it on my professional reference for parents who want to read more about it from their perspective.

• Girls are different!
  I have two Aspies - a son and a daughter- and they are different. It's been hard to tell what is "typical teenager" and what is Aspergers with my daughter but this book helped a lot. An easy read, broken down into meaningful chapters some of which I went straight to. But the entire book was quite enlightening.

• Good for girls
  Many books written about disability are often taken from or about boys experiences,and girls have not yet got on the radar in many areas. I speak from experience as I have a daughter with AS. She is now 22 y.o and I have just discovered this. Not through lack of searching for information, (and misdirection from 'professionals) but by discovering literature written by Tony Attwood et al.
  Girls with Aspergers made it very clear to me that there is not one type of AS, it comes in many forms and is... more info

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