Susan L. (Suzieleigh) reviewed on 10/16/2011

Helpful Score: 1

Robison's thoughtful and thoroughly memorable account of living with Asperger's syndrome but his story is much more fully detailed in this moving memoir, beginning with his painful childhood, his abusive alcoholic father and his mentally disturbed mother. Robison describes how from nursery school on he could not communicate effectively with others. Failing in junior high, Robison was encouraged by some audiovisual teachers to fix their broken equipment, and he discovered a more comfortable world of machines and circuits. This led to jobs (and many hilarious events) in worlds where strange behavior is seen as normal: developing intricate rocket-shooting guitars for the rock band Kiss and computerized toys for the Milton Bradley company. Finally, at age 40, while Robison was running a successful business repairing high-end cars, a therapist correctly diagnosed him as having Asperger's. Great book, and I'm not saying that because I worked for him, but he was quite the character, smart, rude and unbelievably creative.

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