Autism Books - Not specifically about autism


Simon Baron-Cohen.
The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male and Female Brain (Perseus Publishing, 2003). Includes theories regarding autism. ISBN: 0738208442 (hardcover, 256 pages); ISBN: 046500556X (paperback, 271 pages, Basic Books, 2004). [general,autism]
John Cleese & Robin Skynner.
Families and how to survive them (Methuen, 1984). Reader: has an absolutely dreadful section on autism. ISBN: 0413526402 . [autism,general]
Stephen Jay Gould.
Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalists Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown (Random House, 1997). A revised edition is now out. A book on calendars and the idea of the millenium. Ends with a section on autistic calendar savants. ISBN: 0609600761 (hardcover, 192 pages); ISBN: 0787116459 (cassette, unabridged, Dove Entertainment, 1997). [autism,general]
Stephen Jay Gould.
Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalists Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown, revised (Harmony Books, 1999). A book on calendars and the idea of the millenium. Ends with a section on autistic calendar savants. ISBN: 0609605410 (hardcover, 208 pages). [autism,general]
Deirdre V. Lovecky.
Different Minds: Gifted Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning Deficits (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004). ISBN: 1853029645 (paperback, 528 pages). [autism,aspergers,adhd,disability,general]
Campion Quinn.
100 Questions & Answers About Autism (Jones & Bartlett Pub, forthcoming). ISBN: 0763738948 (paperback, 11/27/2005). [autism,general]
James T. Webb, Edward R. Amend, Nadia E. Webb, Jean Goerss, Paul Beljan & Richard Olenchak.
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders (Great Potential Press, 2005). ISBN: 0910707642 (hardcover, 264 pages); ISBN: 0910707677 (paperback, 265 pages). [general,aspergers,autism]
Jude Welton.
What Did You Say? What Do You Mean? An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Metaphors (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004). ISBN: 1843102072 (paperback, 128 pages). [autism,aspergers,general]

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