Look me in the Eye by John Elder

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Who else has read it?

personally i love this book, and i have offered it to all my NT firends that get confused at my aspergers, to give them a better insight.

i have my mercedes seviced at J.E Robison service.he gave me an autographed copy of look me in the eye.the part i liked best was that he grew up in shutsbury mass not far from belchertown where i grew up.so i knew all the places he talked about(at least the ones in massachusetts)

i am immensely jealous. I greatly admire john for the effort he took to write his book. Personally it has helped simplify me life a great deal. Until I read it the only thing I has to associate with my aspergers syndrome was a friend who was fully autistic with a secondary diagnosis of OCD. Next time you require a service, If you remember this message. Please tell him. That his book has reached out to even Australia and helped others in the autism spectrum struggling with acceptance to become understandable to others.

I used to work in a really store in customer assistance and struggled horribly and the boss never understood this, as I never needed the digital aids, after a few months of employment he approached me on this, and all I did was explain my condition and lent him the book. After he finished he offered me a transfer into it systems and development, and now the store every years runs an awareness campaign on the 'hidden disabilities.'
Personally I have a lot to thank john for.

And out of idle curiosity is your varmint part of your name inspired from his naming of his brother or unrelated and just coincidental in the topic?

I bought a copy of it when it first came out.

I read it. I liked Be Different better. And I hear he's writing another.

There is more? I must look this up! Most my age have a hero who is an athlete or something like that. Personally my hero is any aspergian making an effort to be someone. And being proud to stand up and say. "hey this is who I am, I can't change it as much as you can control your bloodflow "

Yeah, he has two books out as of my typing this. Look Me in the Eye is more of a memoir, while Be Different is a kind of combination of a memoir and... advice? That doesn't seem like the right word, but I can't think of another. Either way, I really liked it; I actually read it before I read Look Me in the Eye.

Thank you so very much for making aware to me. Would it be to much to (inaccurately) quote the aliens from toy story? "you've improved my life I am eternally grateful."

@jaedee.i dont know john robison personaly,i have only met him in person once and talked on the phone 3 times.i do think he knows he has a world wide influence.my name comes not from varmint but vermont because i live in vermont now,left massachusetts and moved to vermont about 8 years ago.but im only 4 miles from the mass line.i would tend to doubt it but if i ever hang out with him socialy i will let you know

@jaedee.i dont know john robison personaly,i have only met him in person once and talked on the phone 3 times.i do think he knows he has a world wide influence.my name comes not from varmint but vermont because i live in vermont now,left massachusetts and moved to vermont about 8 years ago.but im only 4 miles from the mass line.i would tend to doubt it but if i ever hang out with him socialy i will let you know

@jaedee.i dont know john robison personaly,i have only met him in person once and talked on the phone 3 times.i do think he knows he has a world wide influence.my name comes not from varmint but vermont because i live in vermont now,left massachusetts and moved to vermont about 8 years ago.but im only 4 miles from the mass line.i would tend to doubt it but if i ever hang out with him socialy i will let you know

Ahh, all understandable, I take it Vermont is. A state then? Being from Australia I really havent needed to learn the names of various American locations.

yes.vermont is one of the smallest states both in land and population.it border massachusetts to the south and quebec,canada to the north.it is about 90 miles from boston.it was originaly called mont ver which is french for mountains green,but was later changed to vermont by the english

ahh, someone who actually knows something about their region then just the name and town!. very rare these days, i live in a town that for the last 70 years has been spelt incorrectly! i live in a town named Katherine, which is named after my great great second aunt Catherine, the naming done by the guy who crossed australia south to north! the town was misspelt in the first recording of the name, and no matter how much he complained it was never changed.

that happens a lot