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Just made an account, so I thought I'd post here to say hi. I'm a biology/comp. sci. undergrad who may or may not be somewhere on the spectrum. I became interested in autism and aspergers several months ago and have done, um, a little bit of reading up on it since then *looks at folder full of articles*, as well as some lurking on this forum.

On that note, if anybody has recommendations for books about autism/aspergers or novels involving it please post them! I've only ready two nonfiction so far: Autism: An Introduction by Francesca Happé and half of Aspergirls. Tony Attwood's recent book is on my to-buy list.

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i was a bio major in college and liked genetics. also like writing. hi and welcome to WP.

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Hi! Welcome to WP! My 12 years-old Aspie girl wants to become a scientist. She is determined in chemistry, but I really think she should go with biology or geology, because the natural inclinations I see in her (she loves all living things as much as rocks), but time will tell. I have read quite some since she was diagnosed 4 years ago, but I have read articles more than anything. And Attwood is certainly the way to go. But I really think you can learn more from reading the posts in this forum than from the books. Books include a lot of misleading information.

The best thing to do is for her to explore all three in high school/early years of university to see which ones she likes best. I know I took all the science courses offered at my high school, and at my uni chemistry is mandatory in the first two years of a bio major. In my case, I'm interested in a fairly narrow field of biology. Biology was pretty 'meh' for me until we actually covered that area in grade 12.

I've definitely gotten a better understanding of things from reading posts here than from generalized descriptions in books/webpages, but whenever I get interested in something I want to read about it. And books provide an uninterrupted source of reading material. At the very least, I come away from it with more information about how autism books are getting it wrong

I was talking to my husband about the subject a couple of days ago, and we decided just that. To let her explore the different fields and decide for herself when the time comes. She is very young yet, and she will see the different subjects later on at school, so I think that will help her make a best informed decision. In the meantime we will continue providing her material on the different subjects and see what happens.

The only "proper" book I have read about Asperger's (all the other has being online material) is: "School success for kids with Asperger's Syndrome", by Stephan M. Silverman and Rich Weinfeld. But that is because I have a daughter in school and at that moment she has having serious issues with school.