Customer Reviews
Great for helping my son understand what he is about. 
2008-04-06
I really appreciated this book. My son is 10 1/2 years old and is discovering his differences. We were looking for a way to explain the way he thinks. The boy in this story has soooo many qualities that my son has, it made me chuckle to read it. My son and I read it together and we talked about the similarities he has with the boy in the book. We also talked about the Austism spectrum and how children with Asperger's are as different from eachother, as everyone else. We are all unique.
Asperger's Huh? A Child's Perspective 2007-11-24
The book was in good condition, it was shipped in a timely manner and the price was good.
This book is going right into my shopping cart! 2007-09-28
Asperger's Huh? A Child's Perspective The review quoted - in part - below has convinced me to purchase this book: it was very helpful in my decision, which I have been thinking about for us and our recently diagnosed grandson. I was ready to purchase it, but started seeing the negative reviews, even though there were more positive ones.
I never read many reviews before, but will now. Thank you to all the people who send them. The ones for this topic, and, in particular, this book, have been very helpful to me. This is my first review.
Dreamdog's review:
My son (age 7) and I have enjoyed reading this book together. I considered buying it for over a year, but was discouraged by the negative reviews here.
When I finally got it, I was puzzled by some of the criticisms leveled at the book. Going through the book with your child and pointing out the ways in which he/she is both similar to and different from the narrator is a great way to practice understanding similarities and differences among people in general.
I recommend this book highly. Again please note: this is a partial review.
Great for kids, and sharing with adults 2007-08-26
Our daughter has read the book (easy reading). It is very simple and straight forward. We have also used it to share with terachers, etc. Because of the quick reading, we can expect the adults in her life to at least read some of it.
A decent book from a child's perspective 
2007-06-08
This book was helpful in sharing the knowledge that our son has Asperger's with him. He could identify with the character in the story.
A little disappointing 
2007-05-17
A book for children ages 6 - 12 who have Asperger's Disorder.
Aspergers Huh? 2007-05-08
This wasn't quite what I was expecting, but it was still good. I found I needed to read it to my child. It did explain a lot of words that these kids are dealing with eg "social", "flexibility", "adaptable", "appropriate". It's written as a story told by an 11yr boy and his understanding of AS.
Maybe For the Very Young 2007-03-30
I bought this book for my son with the idea of using it when I first dicussed his diagnosis with him. After reading through it first though, I couldn't bring myself to do that. It's composed of little words and short simple sentences, and quite frankly, my Asperger's son is a walking dictionary. The last thing I wanted to do was give him the idea that he is intellectually impaired in addition to all his social issues. Yes, he takes language too literally, but he does it multisyllabically.
My boy did, however, very much enjoy the picture-book "All Cats have Asperger's." The language in that book is equally simplistic, but he was taken in by the comparisons to cats, which he loves.
Educate and Empower! 2007-01-10
This is the third book on my "So You'd Like to..." list, for parents introducing their child to his/her own Autism/Asperger Syndrome. This book is very blunt about some of the highly challenging aspects of having AS, not dainty or delicate at all. Also, the experiences of one child, the example in the story, may vary from the experiences of another AS child. Nevertheless, I found it really helped my son to read it around age 9. It really helped him get some sense of not being isolated and having reasons for the challenges he experiences. I found it useful to point out to my son that the boy in the story manifested some of the same issues as he himself did at the time, but also some he didn't, and that every AS child (and adult!) is unique, so he shouldn't feel any differences were of huge significance. Also, letting some family members and buddies read it was useful, as well, as it really opened people's eyes to the genuine hard work each day can be for someone with AS.
To me, it's all about helping the child learn to be comfortable in his or her own skin and learn to better self-advocate as they grow older. Of course, it's ALSO about educating people who stubbornly resist understanding neurobiologically-based behaviours, such as under-educated school district personnel, in-denial teachers, or crabby relatives who confuse disability-related behaviour with willful MISbehaviour. :-)
GREAT book for kids to undersatnd!! 2005-09-26
This book is incredibly easy for kids to read and understand. It explains things from their point of view which is incredibly helpful. My 10-year old had no problem understanding it at all!
