Book by Luke Jackson
Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence Author Luke Jackson 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.[1]
Jackson is the son of fellow writer Jacqui Jackson , and most of his siblings have similar difficulties.[2]
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.[3]
The book received first place in Times Educational Supplement awards in 2003 for special educational needs books.[4]
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 .[5]
Jackson has written a column on the BBC's ouch!.. it's a disability thing .[6]
In 2016, Jackson wrote a sequel to Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome , Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome (ASD): A User Guide to Adulthood. [7]
Jackson has written a poetry book titled Crystalline Lifetime: Fragments of Asperger's Syndrome, (2006).[8]
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
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