意外なことにアメリカでアスペルガーについて広く一般にしられるようになったのはわずか十数年前だという。著者が自分がそうだと知ったのは４０歳のとき。当時、中古車修理と販売の顧客だったセラピストが数年間の交友の後に差し出したが本Tonny AttwoodのAsperger's Syndrome。この本はもの心ついて以来、疎外感と劣等感に悩まされてきた彼に大きな安堵を与えたという。
巻末にReading GrouｐGuide として内容理解を確認するための２７の質問が載っているのは
英語サークルや読書会で使えそうだ。
多くの青少年にアスペルガーについて読んでほしいとの著者の思いから、ペーパーバック版では表現方法がそれにふさわしく改訂されたとのこと。そのためなのか？
英語はセンテンスが短く平易なものとなっている。オススメの一冊！
I have dealt with a whole bunch of books written by people with autism/Asperger's (a/AS), and this book is the most tremendous book I've ever read. John Robinson has his own in interests such as dealing with automobiles, which motivated him to run his automobile company. Since I suspect many people with a/AS have been chronically unemployed or underachieved at work, I wish I could do what I was really interested in like him. Even today, I have a lot of job changes, which frequently causes embarrassment at a whole bunch of job interviews. John E. Robinson seems to have more reliable friends than I do. I guess he wasn't as unhappy as me even before he was diagnosed. TR, one of his friends gave John Dr. Tony Attwood's book, Asperger's Syndrome. In this respect, this book wouldn't exist without TR's help, because TR could see through John's AS traits and took it as John's characteristics instead of mentally retarded or socially disabled. The author likes to deal with automobiles and so do I. Unfortunately, I still have no idea what kind of jobs interest me, while he seems to make the best use of his interests at work. So the author must have overcome his social misfits when he became a grown-up.
I'm not getting young and I may not be offered as many jobs as younger people. At least, however, I want to avoid torturing myself at work by experiencing social misfits such as reluctance to do what doesn't suit me! Otherwise, I eventually may have to be stressed-out and quit or get fired like I used to. That is a vicious circle.
