''Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence'' is a non-fiction book about
Asperger syndrome published in 2003. The then 13-year-old author, Luke Jackson, has Asperger syndrome himself. Jackson wrote the book because he felt there was not enough useful information on the Internet about the subject.
Jackson is the son of fellow writer
Jacqui Jackson
Jacqueline Carol Jackson is a British writer who consults, counsels, speaks and writes on most autism issues. Her doctoral thesis, entitled 'Nurturing the Engagement of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder through Digital Polysensory Exper ...
, and most of his siblings have similar difficulties.
Reception
David Worling of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry said that the book is filled with valuable information and is useful to have in a clinical library.
The book received first place in
Times Educational Supplement awards in 2003 for special educational needs books.
Other works and sequel
About the same time as ''Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome'', Jackson wrote '' A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet: For Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ADHD''.
Jackson has written a column on the BBC's ''ouch!.. it's a disability thing''.
In 2016, Jackson wrote a sequel to ''Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome'', ''Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome (ASD): A User Guide to Adulthood.''
Jackson has written a poetry book titled ''Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger's Syndrome,'' (2006).
Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger Syndrome Paperback – 15 Jun 2006
Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
References
External links
''Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence'' (BMJ Publishing Group)
* ttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4728478/At-times-I-feel-as-though-I-come-from-another-planet.html ''At times I feel as though I come from another planet'' (Telegraph)
Books about autism
2002 non-fiction books
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