Finding a different kind of normal [electronic resource] :misadventures with Asperger syndrome / Jeanette Purkis ; foreword by Donna Williams.
By: Purkis, Jeannette.
Contributor(s): Williams, Donna [writer of foreword] | ProQuest (Firm).
Publisher: London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006Description: 192 pages electronic resource.Subject(s): Purkis, Jeannette, 1974- | Asperger's syndrome -- Patients -- Biography | ASPERGER SYNDROME
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Being in the world but not of it -- Searching for the rules -- Learning which way is left -- Acting, independently -- Becoming the enemy -- Losing friends and gaining contacts -- Watching the end of the world -- Dying and surviving -- Educating the mad -- Forgetting the script.
Describes how Jeannette Purkis coped with her "differences" both before and after being diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at the age of 20. Tells about her life at home, school and in prison and talks about the development of her own business. Foreword by Donna Williams
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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