Description
| Product ID: | 9781849057554 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pretending to be Normal |
| Subtitle: | Living with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Expanded Edition |
| Authors: | Author: Liane Holliday Willey |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Autism & Asperger’s Syndrome, Coping with illness & specific conditions |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Updated edition of the bestselling story of a woman who, after years of self-doubt and self-denial, learned to embrace and appreciate her Asperger's syndrome traits. Liane Holliday Willey shares, with insight and warmth, the daily struggles and challenges that face many of those who have AS and charts her inspirational journey to self-acceptance. Compelling and witty, Liane Holliday Willey''s account of growing to adulthood as an undiagnosed ''Aspie'' has been read by thousands of people on and off the autism spectrum since it was first published in 1999. Bringing her story up to date, including her diagnosis as an adult, and reflecting on the changes in attitude over 15 years, this expanded edition will continue to entertain (and inform) all those who would like to know a little more about how it feels to spend your life `pretending to be normal''. |
| Imprint Name: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Publisher Name: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-09-21 |