Raising Cubby
Subtitle: a father and son's adventures with Asperger's, trains, tractors, and high explosives
By: John Elder Robison
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print biography; Thorndike Press large print biography series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 583
ISBN-13: 9781410458872
Subjects: Asperger's syndrome in children; Patients; Asperger's syndrome; Parenting; Family relationships; Life skills guides; Biography
Description: John Robison was never a model child, and he wasn't a model dad either. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at forty, he approached fatherhood as series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. Still, John got the basics right, and gave his son Cubby a life of adventure. What he couldn't figure out was what to do when school authorities said that Cubby was dumb and stubborn - the very same thing he had been told as a child.