LEADER 00000nam 2200589 a 4500 005 20180628161752.0 006 m o d 007 cr un ---uuuuu 008 140515t20072007nyu ob 000 0aeng d 020 9780307405722 :|c$48.00 020 0307405729 :|c$48.00 035 (OCoLC)231861298|z(OCoLC)869556485 037 0009067478|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 069 06416172 082 04 362.196/8588320092|aB 082 04 362.196/8588320092|aB|222 099 eBook Boundless 100 1 Robison, John Elder. 245 10 Look me in the eye|h[Boundless electronic resource] :|bmy life with Asperger's /|cJohn Elder Robison. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York :|bCrown Publishers,|c[2007] 264 4 |c©2007 300 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 A little misfit -- A permanent playmate -- Empathy -- A trickster is born -- I find a Porsche -- The nightmare years -- Assembly required -- The dogs begin to fear me -- I drop out of high school -- Collecting the trash -- The flaming washtub -- I'm in prison with the band -- The big time -- The first smoking guitar -- The ferry to Detroit - - One with the machine -- Rock and roll all night -- A real job -- A visit from management -- Logic vs. small talk -- Being young executives -- Becoming normal -- I get a bear cub -- A diagnosis at forty -- Montagoonians -- Units one through three -- Married life -- Winning at basketball -- My life as a train. 520 John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire- breathing guitars. Later, he drifted into a "real" job, as an engineer for a major toy company. But the higher Robison rose, the more he had to pretend to be "normal" and do what he simply couldn't: communicate. It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told him he had the form of autism called Asperger's syndrome. That understanding transformed the way Robison saw himself--and the world.--From publisher description. 520 The author describes life growing up different in an odd family, his unusual talents, his struggle to live a "normal" life, his diagnosis at the age of forty with Asperger's syndrome, and the dramatic changes that have occurred since that diagnosis. 538 Requires Boundless App. 588 Description based on print version record. 600 10 Robison, John Elder|xMental health. 600 17 Robison, John Elder.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01670946 650 0 Asperger's syndrome|xPatients|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 7 Asperger's syndrome|xPatients.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01424574 650 7 Mental health.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01016339 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 Electronic books.|2lcgft 776 08 |iPrint version:|aRobison, John Elder.|tLook me in the eye |dNew York : Crown Publishers, c2007|z9780307395986|w(DLC) 2007013139|w(OCoLC)122309450 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0009067478|zFound on Boundless 856 42 |uhttps://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/ 2007013139.html