The Best Aspergers Books

As soon as we found out that our son has Aspergers Syndrome we jumped online and started looking for the best Aspergers books we could find and bought four(!) at an online bookstore that same day.

Well, actually, we ordered them from an online bookstore that same day but we never received our order. errgghh!

So I called them to ask where my shipment was and they set up a second order.

We didn't get that order either so I completely canceled and then placed a new order at another online bookstore.

Within days we had our books, finally (Yeah Amazon)! :)

Then I had to decide which I was going to read first...

I had purchased two books for my husband and I, one for our 14 year old daughter that is written specifically to siblings, friends and other relatives of Aspies and one that's kind of a workbook to help the person suffering from Asperger to understand what's going on.

Below is what we are discovering in our quest for the best Aspergers books...

This is the coolest book! Whenever one of Cameron's friends, or anyone else really, asks me to describe Asperger's Syndrome I suggest that they read this book. It sits on our coffee table because it is such a CUTE book and it explains Asperger's Syndrome so incredibly well. It's a VERY quick read yet his friends "get it" as soon as they read it. One of his friends read it the other day and I asked him "Do you see Cameron in it" and his response was "Oh yeah!". I can't recommend this book enough. I even bought one for Cameron's middle school and his high school!

I practically devoured this book! The author, Tony Attwood is a practicing clinical psychologist specializingin Asperger's Syndrome.

I had plenty of "hit the forehead and say Ohhh that's why he does this or says that..." experiences while reading this book. At some times it seemed that I was interrupting what my husband was doing to read aloud to him every two minutes.

It's clear that the author cares about helping those with Aspergers Syndrome to enjoy life, and many passages touched my heart and brought a tear to my eye..

Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals - At Amazon
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This book is a very quick read. It's VERY basic, written in VERY basic English. There are basic cartoon drawings included that help illustrate the sections.

The bonus about it being so basic is that it's, as mentioned above, a very quick read, which is a great benefit when you want someone to learn about Asperger Syndrome but that someone isn't real keen on reading, or has many demands on their time allowing them less time to devote to reading a book about Asperger Syndrome.

I gave a copy of this book to a 16 year old boy who lives in the neighborhood who somewhat watches out for our son and the other kids on the street. I had a talk with him before giving him the book and it was interesting to hear about the behaviors that he had already observed in our son.

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