Book recommendations please?

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Good book for my 17 year old to learn more about her AS? What about for parents? There are so many out there so thought I'd start here to see what some of you have read. Thanks!

There are fewer accounts about women with AS, but as a woman with AS, I read the following and found them to be very good and your daughter might enjoy them (they're autobiographies written by women with AS)

Temple Grandin, "Thinking in Pictures" (Grandin is articulate both about her experience growing up diagnosed autistic -- she's older, so this was before the AS diagnosis was available in the US).

Dawn Prince-Hughes, "Songs of the Gorilla Nation" (a wonderful autobiography from an AS woman who went on to work with animals) (Also while I haven't read it, you might also want to look at a colection that Prince-Hughes edited that might be age-appropriate for your daughter: Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students with Autism.)

For more diversity, I liked the collection of women's personal accounts in Jean Kearns Miller, ed "Women from Another Planet: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism".

Finally, you might also want to have a look at Luke Jackson "Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence" the focus is on a teenage boy with AS, but it stiull might resonate with your daughter.

Amazon has all of these.

-- keats

I also recommend any book by Temple Grandin.

Try "The complete guide to Asperger Syndrome" by Tony Attwood. Covers everything, well written, non-patronising and easy to understand.

Thanks, This a great start. The Temple Grandin book sounds really good since my daughter loves animals.