Living in a Bubble: A Guide to being diagnosed with High Functioning Asperger’s as an Adult
Authored by Anthony King
Paperback & Kindle
5″ x 8″ (12.7 x 20.32 cm)
265 pages
ISBN-13: 9781999604967
ISBN-10: 9781999604974
BISAC: Self-Help/General
About the book
If you are living with or suspect you have High Functioning Asperger’s, or someone close to you has, this book is for you. It’s not just for those diagnosed as adults, it will help anyone who wants a deeper understanding of what it’s like to be on the autism spectrum. This honest, well-researched book uses personal experience, scientific fact and useful insights. Through its clear easy to read chapters, it outlines a journey from suspecting you have the condition, asking for help, getting a diagnosis, what to expect in the way people react through to helpful coping strategies. What the book does is enable you to understand your condition – empowering you to see it not as an illness but as a new chapter in your life.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 – What is Autism Spectrum Disorder/ High Functioning Asperger’s?
Chapter 2 – Discovering I was on the Spectrum
Chapter 3 – Advice on Dealing With Diagnosis
Chapter 4 – Benefits of Diagnosis by an Expert
Chapter 5 – How to Tell People
Chapter 6 – Living with Asperger’s: Sensitivity to Noise and Sound
Chapter 7 – Living with Asperger’s: Sensitivity to Smell and Light
Chapter 8 – Living with Asperger’s: Food and Clothes (Repetition and Routine)
Chapter 9 – Living with Asperger’s: Hair and Hygiene Rituals
Chapter 10 – Living with Asperger’s: Fear of Doctors and Dentists
Chapter 11- Living with Asperger’s: Forming Relationships
Chapter 12 – Living with Asperger’s: Coping with Loneliness
Chapter 13 – Living with Asperger’s: Words, Communication and Interpretation
Chapter 14 – Living with Asperger’s: Eccentricity and Idiosyncrasies
Chapter 15 – Living with Asperger’s: Talent
Chapter 16 – Living With Asperger’s: Staying Well
Chapter 17 – Living with Asperger’s: Other Coping Strategies
Chapter 18 – Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 19 – Two And A Half Years Later…
Chapter 20 – Practical Advice and Techniques: The Traffic Light System
Chapter 21 – Psychological Devices and Techniques