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| Author | Luke Jackson |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Asperger Syndrome |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Publication date | 15 August 2002 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84310-098-0 |
| Followed by | Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger Syndrome |
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, 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).
References
- "Bilingual book tackles Asperger's". BBC News. 6 June 2005.
- Kamlyn Haynes, Jeffrey Geller (1 November 2004). "Book Reviews: Personal Accounts: Asperger Syndrome". Psychiatric Services.
- David Worling (2005). "Freaks, Geeks, & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence". Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 14 (3): 85. PMC 2542912.
- Geraldine Brennan (24 October 2003). "Everyone is good at something". TES-Newspaper.
- A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet: For Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ADHD published February 2002, Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
- "Ouch! Columnists, back to school". BBC. 10 November 2007. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
- Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome (ASD): A User Guide to Adulthood Paperback – 19 Jan 2017 Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
- Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger Syndrome Paperback – 15 Jun 2006 Amazon, retrieved 21 December 2019
External links
- Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence (BMJ Publishing Group)
- Book Review: Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome – A User Guide to Adolescence (About.com) Archived 18 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- At times I feel as though I come from another planet (Telegraph)
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