Something different about dad: How to live with your amazing Asperger parent is a 152-page book written for children ages 7 to 15 years who have a parent on the autism spectrum. Written in a fun comic-book style, Sophie tells the story of her dad, Mark, and the journey their family took in order to understand Mark's differences better. Mark has some quirks. He does not like noisy family gatherings, gets upset when his family is late for dinner, and REALLY prefers things to be neat and clean. But he also has some really good quirks, too. Mark is always on time to pick Sophie and her brother, Daniel, up from school, he has a vast knowledge of engines and how they work, and then there is his obsession with buses.
In between the chapters of Sophie's story, the author and illustrator of the book explain to Sophie the aspects of asperger syndrome that make Mark different and offer ways to begin to understand situations when tempers may flare and what to do to remedy the situation.
Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.
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