Books about aspergers: Anyone reccomend anything?

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Im looking books about AS that were written by people who actually have AS. Anyone recommend anything? If so then thank you very much

LFO

http://www.nobodynowhere.com/

this is Donna Williams' Book. She said because it had a life of its own she made it a website.

freaks geeks and asperger syndrome by luke jackson
i have not read it but i have heard its pretty good.

I like "Look Me in the Eye" by John Elder Robinson very much. I guess it sort of made me start thinking about pursuing a diagnosis again. And I love Temple Grandin's books, but I guess she is considered HFA and not in the AS category.

I was going to say her. Plus, she's got "Somebody Somewhere" & some others. Though I don't think her actual diagnosis was Asperger's I know she's on the spectrum. She's also on YouTube: Donna William's YouTube Channel


There's also a book called "Congratulations! It's Asperger Syndrome" by Jen Birch, which I own.

I like:

High-functioning Individuals with Autism (various authors)
Autistic Psychopathy by Hans Asperger

(Not that they were written by someone with an ASD, but they're better in that they're more objective.)

Songs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-Hughes.

Anything written by Temple Grandin.

"Your Life Is Not a Label" by Jerry Newport is very good. It is general advice directed at a particular level of functioning and includes things like advice for how to cross the street.

"Friendship the Aspie Way" by Wendy Lawson is written to a higher functioning level and aimed particularly at developing friendship skills.

Other excellent books are:

"Hitchhiking Through Asperger's Syndrome" by Lise Pyles; forward by Dr. Tony Attwood, Ph.D

"Our Journey Through High Functioning Autism...a roadmap" by Linda Andron; forwards by Dr. Tony Attwood and Liane Holliday Willey

"Getting to Grips With Asperger's Syndrome" by Carol Hagland

"The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome" by Tony Attwood is the best book on Asperger's I've read thus far.

I'm currently reading that book, theres a lot of things I can relate too.

I've read it multiple times, highly recommended.

For some Aspie fiction, you can also buy The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

To be honest, I did not like that book much. It was an easy read and I liked the math in there, but the character's autism is too stereotypical/unrealistic.

I thought it was fairly realistic for a certain level of autism but not for asperger's.

Another novel is "The Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon. (Think I have the author's name right. I didn't look it up.) Her son has autism and that inspired her to write the novel. Some don't like the ending, but I thought it made an important point beyond the details of the storyline.

Tony Attwood's book is very good, what i've read of it. i think he understands the condition very well. otherwise i try to steer clear of anything that presents it from a clinical or otherwise external point of view, and most fictional representations. this is because i think autism is very different from the inside than it appears on the outside. but Tony Attwood seems to understand it almost from the inside out, and his perspective is very helpful.

i think the most accurate way to learn about autism is to read what people who have it have to say about their experiences with it - as many different people as possible. so i have read books by Temple Grandin, Donna Williams, Liane Willey, and Dawn Prince-Hughes .. and spend a lot of time reading posts here on WP (and i check to see who's diagnosed, so i don't draw erroneous conclusions, even though i am confident most of the self-diagnosers - myself included - are on the right track).

i have read a lot of posts on this blog, as well:

http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.com/

the blog archives are organized well by topic and there are a lot of thoughtful comments.