Ever 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 light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings pickling himself in sherry. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be counted on.
After fleeing his parents and dropping out of high school, his savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire-breathing guitars. Later, he drifted into a “real” job, as an engineer for a major toy company. But the higher Robison rose in the company, the more he had to pretend to be “normal” and do what he simply couldn’t: communicate. It wasn’t worth the paycheck.
It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told him he had the form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. That understanding transformed the way Robison saw himself—and the world.
Look Me in the Eye is the moving, darkly funny story of growing up with Asperger’s at a time when the diagnosis simply didn’t exist. A born storyteller, Robison takes you inside the head of a boy whom teachers and other adults regarded as “defective,” who could not avail himself of KISS’s endless supply of groupies, and who still has a peculiar aversion to using people’s given names (he calls his wife “Unit Two”). He also provides a fascinating reverse angle on the younger brother he left at the mercy of their nutty parents—the boy who would later change his name to Augusten Burroughs and write the bestselling memoir Running with Scissors .
Ultimately, this is the story of Robison’s journey from his world into ours, and his new life as a husband, father, and successful small business owner—repairing his beloved high-end automobiles. It’s a strange, sly, indelible account—sometimes alien, yet always deeply human.
發表於2024-12-23
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上周活動結束後,那個大男孩又過來跟我說話,絮絮叨叨好久,眼睛一直往下看。如果不是熟知他,身高差和他眼神的角度,我會以為他在盯著我的胸部看。脫下義工馬甲後,T恤的領口讓我有些不自在。即使很熟,見他眼神往下凝固幾分鍾後,我幾次藉口想走開。大男孩沒有絲毫察覺我的尷...
評分上周活動結束後,那個大男孩又過來跟我說話,絮絮叨叨好久,眼睛一直往下看。如果不是熟知他,身高差和他眼神的角度,我會以為他在盯著我的胸部看。脫下義工馬甲後,T恤的領口讓我有些不自在。即使很熟,見他眼神往下凝固幾分鍾後,我幾次藉口想走開。大男孩沒有絲毫察覺我的尷...
評分上周活動結束後,那個大男孩又過來跟我說話,絮絮叨叨好久,眼睛一直往下看。如果不是熟知他,身高差和他眼神的角度,我會以為他在盯著我的胸部看。脫下義工馬甲後,T恤的領口讓我有些不自在。即使很熟,見他眼神往下凝固幾分鍾後,我幾次藉口想走開。大男孩沒有絲毫察覺我的尷...
評分上周活動結束後,那個大男孩又過來跟我說話,絮絮叨叨好久,眼睛一直往下看。如果不是熟知他,身高差和他眼神的角度,我會以為他在盯著我的胸部看。脫下義工馬甲後,T恤的領口讓我有些不自在。即使很熟,見他眼神往下凝固幾分鍾後,我幾次藉口想走開。大男孩沒有絲毫察覺我的尷...
評分上周活動結束後,那個大男孩又過來跟我說話,絮絮叨叨好久,眼睛一直往下看。如果不是熟知他,身高差和他眼神的角度,我會以為他在盯著我的胸部看。脫下義工馬甲後,T恤的領口讓我有些不自在。即使很熟,見他眼神往下凝固幾分鍾後,我幾次藉口想走開。大男孩沒有絲毫察覺我的尷...
圖書標籤: Asperger 心理學 原版 個人成長 傳記 Robison John Elder
有瞭中文版。這本就算收藏吧
評分A Highly Intelligent Asperger's " Back to normal Journey". Looking back at the masterpieces created at his young age, he couldn't even figure out how those inventions work - "it just like the book flower for Algernon" he said so. See, that is the price of being normal.
評分感覺跟我有點像..
評分Everyone has his own personality and characteristics. It's important to accept who you are and do what you want, regardless of others' views
評分不懂為甚麼阿茲伯格會為交不到朋友而痛苦、更不懂阿茲伯格為甚麼要糾正別人玩玩具的方法,這自傳還是看不下去瞭。
Look Me in the Eye 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載