John Elder Robison's Books
Mar.12.2013
The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son—complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble Misfit, truant, delinquent. John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn’t a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of forty, he approached...
Mar.22.2011
“I believe those of us with Asperger’s are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts.” In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Asperger’s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn’t exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents won him jobs with toy...
Sep.25.2007
Book DescriptionEver since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with...
About John
I was born in Athens, Georgia in the hot summer of 1957. My father was preaching in Ila — pronounced EYE-LA — Georgia, that summer. Both my parents were in college when I was born. We moved every few years while my father worked his way through college until...
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Causes John Robison Supports
I support Asperger and autism advocacy groups. I also support the University of Massachusetts