Making sense of the unfeasible : my life journey with Asperger Syndrome / Marc Fleisher.

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Fleisher, Marc, 1967-

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text

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computer

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online resource

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1417501065
9781417501069
1846424097
9781846424090

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making sense of the unfeasible.DDC classification:

616.8982 22

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RC553.A88 F54 2003eb

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Contents:

Making Sense of the Unfeasible: My Life Journey with Asperger Syndrome; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Early Years: Years 0-9; Chapter 2 Crisis Time: Years 10-13; Chapter 3 Teenage Turmoil: Years 14 -18; Chapter 4 The Working Life: Years 18-21; Chapter 5 Deepening Struggles: Years 21-23; Chapter 6 The Apocalypse and New Beginnings: Years 24-26; Chapter 7 University Life I: Undergraduate Study; Chapter 8 University Life II: Postgraduate Study; Chapter 9 Years 31 to the Present Day; Appendix 1 What Can We Do to Make Progress?; Appendix 2 The Art of Joke Telling.

Summary: Before he received his diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome (AS) in the 1970s, Marc Fleisher was considered mentally retarded; yet he went on against the odds to gain two maths degrees and to undertake post-graduate studies in maths. In this engaging story Marc relates how, supported by his family and by services for people with autism, and despite family tragedy and personal difficulties, he learnt to get the most out of life. He shares, with humour and candour, a multitude of practical tips for people with AS, and those around them, rounding off his story with appendices on astronomy, parallel uni.

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Before he received his diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome (AS) in the 1970s, Marc Fleisher was considered mentally retarded; yet he went on against the odds to gain two maths degrees and to undertake post-graduate studies in maths. In this engaging story Marc relates how, supported by his family and by services for people with autism, and despite family tragedy and personal difficulties, he learnt to get the most out of life. He shares, with humour and candour, a multitude of practical tips for people with AS, and those around them, rounding off his story with appendices on astronomy, parallel uni.

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