I don't think it's a user guide. That's what I'm waiting for.
As I understand, it isn't out until November 1st (at least here in the US) so, no, I haven't read it yet. I'd really like to though, since I thought his book entitled simply "Asperger's Syndrome" was really good.
Arg. I pre-ordered the book on Amazon, which stated that it would arrive at my house on November 2. It didn't show up, so I went back to Amazon, and now they're saying that it won't ship until January. Does anyone know if the release date got pushed back, or is Amazon just being crap?
Arg. I pre-ordered the book on Amazon, which stated that it would arrive at my house on November 2. It didn't show up, so I went back to Amazon, and now they're saying that it won't ship until January. Does anyone know if the release date got pushed back, or is Amazon just being crap?
Amazon (in the USA) are already shipping it. They won't ship to you until January? Maybe they have many pre-orders and a limited stock.
Arg. I pre-ordered the book on Amazon, which stated that it would arrive at my house on November 2. It didn't show up, so I went back to Amazon, and now they're saying that it won't ship until January. Does anyone know if the release date got pushed back, or is Amazon just being crap?
Amazon (in the USA) are already shipping it. They won't ship to you until January? Maybe they have many pre-orders and a limited stock.
Those bastards. Yeah, I don't know what's up with it. I did preorder it, and I can't image that it's THAT popular.
I did call the publisher this morning and they did say that it was out in the US. And because Amazon is so much cheaper I'm not going to cancel my order like I want to. :cry:
Yay. It shipped today and I should have it next week. I'll let you all know how it is.
I finally got my copy of The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome, and I've read part of it (though not the majority of it). So far, it's pretty good, though if you've read his earlier book entitled just "Asperger's Syndrome," it's a lot of the same stuff.
There are some new things in this book, but it is mostly just the same stuff you read in all the other books. The one thing that does stand out is that it does make a lot of mention of girls compared to other Asperger's books. There's even a section about how diagnosing females is different.
It also does a lot of direct quoting of Hans Asperger's original publication, which isn't something you see a lot, but is something that I enjoy reading.
It would be good to see more stuff written about Aspergers in girls and women as we are a minority within a minority.
I do believe that Tony Attwood has another book coming out sometime in 2007 called "Asperger's and Girls." I'm interested in getting my hands on that one too.
I'm surprised no-one has asked "How complete a guide could a book written by a male about autism in females be?" I thought as much when someone encouraged me to read Luke Jackson's "user guide to adolescence", quite apart from the fact that I had long ceased to be an adolesecent by the time I was diagnosed!
Well, I think an objective viewpoint is important when reporting on trends and commonalities in a group of people. If I wanted to read what it was like to have Asperger's from the point of view of a woman who has it, there are a dozen books out there that fit that bill, or I could just ask myself.
...But seeing as they haven't, it's good to see that SOMEONE is at least considering how autism affects girls. (No offence to guys
)There are so many things on TV and books that only talk about BOYS, and I've heard Asperger's described as "extreme maleness". Then if that is the case, where do I and others fit in as female aspies.
One of these days I would like to write a book about being a female with Aspergers. It will take a lot of work though.
One Way To Shut Out Noise And Give Your Ears Some Nice Silence.
I've lended a pair of "ear-muffs" (hope you understand what I mean, coz I can't find the word in my dictionary) that has microphones and a knob for the volume. They're for hunters and work so that whenever there's noise that's louder than 90db (I think) they shut off. They're not perfect but I used them over the christmas/new years holidays coz I can't stand the noise from fire crackers and fire works. When I turn them off completely I only hear very little of the outside noise. The down side is that they're quite expensive. And people tend to look at me when I wear them outside, but my ears are more important, I think.
One of the two docs that did the aspie-evaluation on me suggested that I'd read Tony Attwood but I haven't found his books yet. I'm not sure that I want to buy it. Seems interesting, though.
Some people say we don't even exist and that is really annoying.
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We have the added issue that our behaviour and thought processes often don't conform to societal stereotypes for how women "should" act. We often tend more towards comfort and pleasing ourselves rather than continually self-sacrificing as women are often expected to do.
When my husband and I are in any setting where there are men and women talking about Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus type of stereotypes, inevidably I have problems with it because I do more of the 'men' behavoirs than he does. Just the other day I described an interaction of ours to a friend who said our roles were switched. My husband was dropping hints and being subtle and I was getting frustrated that he wouldn't just come out and say whatever it was he wanted to say.
As a woman I am sensitive enough to figure out when someone probably has a double meaning, but with AS leanings, I'm clueless to decode it and know what they are TRYING to say if they don't spell it out. This probably is what led to a lot of my paranoia growing up. 
On topic, this book sounds interesting.
Another interesting thing is that "accepted wisdom" these days says that men are put off by women's need for emotional attachment, or at the very least they fail to understand it. I've found the opposite. ie, that men are more likely to be put off if a woman doesn't show that need for emotional attachment. (Which stuffs that theory, don't it?)