pretending to be normal by liane holliday willey

At their most noticeable, they will be the lost souls who invade our personal space, the regulars at every diner who carry on complete conversations with the group ten tables away, the people who sound suspiciously like robots, the characters who insist they wear the same socks and eat the same breakfast day in and day out, the people who never quite find their way but never quite lose it either. 2014 by Liane Holliday Willey (Author), Tony Attwood (Foreword) 4.4 383 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 9.51 Read with Our Free App Paperback 14.21 11 Used from 7.66 18 New from 10.92 Buy 4, save 5. At their most neutral, they will be the loners who never now quite how to greet us, the aloof who aren't sure they want to greet us, the collectors who know everyone at the flea market by name and date of birth, the non-conformists who cover their cars in bumper stickers, a few of the professors everyone has in college. Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome Paperback 21 Sept.

At their best, they will be the eccentrics who wow us with their unusual habits and stream-of-consciousness creativity, the inventors who give us wonderfully unique gadgets that whiz and whirl and make our life surprisingly more manageable, the geniuses who discover new mathematical equations, the great musicians and writers and artists who enliven our lives. They will continue to live with other labels or no label at all. Pretending To Be Normal by is a non-fiction memoir that shows Liane Holliday-Willeys life growing up as a person with Asperger Syndrome. Liane Holliday Willey shares the daily struggles and. Dog-Eared Books is a small, women owned and operated business. The story of a woman who, after years of self-doubt, learned to embrace her Aspergers syndrome traits.

Cover shows light wear from reading/handling. In truth, many AS people will never receive a diagnosis. Compelling and witty, Liane Holliday Willeys account of growing to adulthood as an undiagnosed Aspie has been read by thousands of people on and off the autism spectrum since it was first published in 1999. Pretending to be Normal: Living with Aspergers Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Expanded Edition by Willey, Liane Holliday.

“Simply put, within AS, there is a wide range of function.

Pretending to be normal by liane holliday willey