Pretending to be Normal

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Liane’s autobiography will allow others to understand the world as perceived by a person with Asperger’s Syndrome. As a consequence of this condition she is a bewildered stranger in our social world. She eloquently describes herself as one of those «people who never quite find their way, but never quite lose it either». She has a daughter with Asperger’s Syndrome and her child’s diagnosis led to her recognition that she shares the same condition. Liane currently teaches her daughter the strategies that have helped her to navigate her way through, to use her term, the regular world. The value of writing about her lifelong journey of exploration is that those with Asperger’s Syndrome will recognize the same perceptions, thoughts and experiences. She is a fellow traveller. She offers genuine hope for the future in that she has eventually succeeded in finding a partner who understands and supports her. She also has success in her career, and considers that «most of my Asperger’s Syndrome traits continue to fade away».

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