Freaks, geeks and Asperger syndrome : a user guide to adolescence /

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Author / Creator:Jackson, Luke, 1988-
Imprint:London : Jessica Kingsley, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11128213
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ISBN:1417500158
9781417500154
9781846423567
1846423562
9781843100980
1843100983
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Winner of the NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award 2003. Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? Luke Jackson is 13 years old and has Asperger Syndrome. Over the years Luke has learned to laugh at such names but there are other aspects of life which are more difficult. Adolescence and the teenage years are a minefield of emotions, transitions and decisions and when a child has Asperger Syndrome, the result is often explosive. Luke has three sisters and one brother in various stages of their adolescent and teenage years but he is acutely.
Other form:Print version: Jackson, Luke, 1988- Freaks, geeks and Asperger syndrome. London : Jessica Kingsley, 2002 1843100983