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albeniz
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31 Jan 2013, 11:38 am

hadapurpura wrote:
Do you think it's a useful read for families of girls with AS? I really wanna buy it.


Yes I do. The book contains sections for girls growing up with aspergers at the end of each themed chapter. It would be a valuable reference for them in later years also.



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09 Feb 2013, 9:02 pm

I purchased this book right after I was diagnosed and it made me feel, for the first time in my life that I actually fit in somewhere. Though I find parts of it to be a little cheesy, I would definitely recommend it to all women with ASD.


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13 Feb 2013, 5:08 pm

Bought the book about a week ago and read the whole thing the day I got it. I found myself relating to so much of it, very helpful.



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14 Feb 2013, 7:49 am

I thought it was only ok. I prefered Lianne Halliday Wilie's Aspergers in the Family.

I felt like Rudy Simone is a bit argumentative and I didn't like the tone of the book. I don't agree with the idea that everyone around an Aspie should put up and shut up. I think everyone should work together and move forward in co-operation, not I have Aspergers so you should bend over backwards for me and never, ever criticise me. And she does say that you should never criticise a woman with Aspergers.

I really dont like her attitude.



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23 Feb 2013, 11:09 pm

rahrah wrote:
I bought it and read it yesterday. While I am obsessively consuming data right now having just come upon this realization about myself, I have to say the book Aspergirls was too anecdotal for me. I wanted more hard data and numbers. It is a fine and easy read but if you are looking for concrete info and data, then you will be left wanting. And, perhaps the data is simply not there to reproduce as the female Aspi is not heavily researched.


I too found it a bit 'light-on'. It was too full of subjective assertions to satisfy anyone wanting persuasive rigour. But as a survey of what some people think and say, it's fine. As a chance to feel like one of a crowd instead of a soloist it's fine. I might show it to a sympathetic AS or NT reader genuinely seeking insight. I definitely wouldn't show it to a sceptical person because it could easily reinforce that most hurtful belief that people use an Asperger Syndrome diagnosis as 'a certificate of exemption for bad behaviour' and that at base we're all a bunch of self-absorbed drama queens who just need to try harder. [Yes, I have been dealing with exactly that miserable sceptic lately; could you tell? :evil: As of yesterday, he is out of my life.]

I read it a couple of years before my diagnosis and again immediately afterwards (i.e. in the last three days). I doubt if anything could satisfy my hunger for concrete information at the moment, so please read this mini-review through that filter!



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25 Jun 2015, 7:05 pm

tbh I was diagnosed with aspergers recently..although I really enjoyed reading this book the main chapter I related to the most was the one on stimming and what aspergirls do when happy. I didn't relate to all of it really.