Citations:Aspergian

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English citations of Aspergian

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  • 2003, Richard Howlin, "Asperger Syndrome in the Adolescent Years", in Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence: Living with the Ups, the Downs, and Things (ed. Liane Holliday Willey), Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2003), →ISBN, page 21:
    The growing number of insightful biographical accounts and clinical case studies from high functioning autistic and Aspergian individuals (Grandin 1995; Willey 1999) bears witness to this.
  • 2005, Genevieve Edmonds & Dean Worton, The Asperger Love Guide: A Practical Guide for Adults with Asperger's Syndrome to Seeking, Establishing and Maintaining Successful Relationships, Paul Chapman Publishing (2005), →ISBN, page 65:
    However, there are a couple of good books on the market discussing the issues involving[sic] in an Aspergian marriage.
  • 2008, Cornish, "What Aspies Need to Know When Working in the Neurotypical Environment", in Asperger Syndrome and Employment: Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome (ed. Genevieve Edmonds & Luke Beardon), Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2008), →ISBN, page 119:
    The secret of a happy and fulfilling Aspergian life is to first know and understand your individual limits and boundaries; []
  • 2009, Masha Gessen, Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century, Houghton Mifflin (2009), →ISBN, page 177:
    In the Aspergian world, conversations are exchanges of information, not exchanges of pleasantries.
  • 2010, Jodi Picoult, House Rules, Atria Books (2010), →ISBN, page 86:
    As is the Aspergian nature, I'm fanatically organized about some things and disorganized about others, and as luck would have it I lost that piece of paper.
  • 2010, Rudy Simone, Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2010), →ISBN, page 147:
    The Aspergian need for R&R—ritual and routine—is a way of controlling our world.
  • 2011, Cornish, "Getting the Right Diagnosis, and Its Impact on Mental Health: Is This The Best the NHS Can Do?", Aspies on Mental Health: Speaking for Ourselves (eds. Luke Beardon & Dean Worton), Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2011), →ISBN, page 78:
    I was in a constant state of depression, despair and always on the brink of suicide, and this, as well as all the usual Aspergian 'qualities', kept me in a state of mental and physical exhaustion.
  • 2011, Jael McHenry, The Kitchen Daughter, Gallery Books (2011), →ISBN, page 175:
    But an Aspergian child's interests are deeper, their aversions are stronger.

Noun: "a person with Asperger's syndrome"

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  • 2010, Rudy Simone, Asperger's on the Job: Must-Have Advice for People with Asperger's or High Functioning Autism, and Their Employers, Educators, and Advocates, Future Horizons (2010), →ISBN, page 12:
    An Aspergian may be able to talk for hours on their favorite subject, but bring up a local sports team or the weather, and they're stumped (unless that is one of their obsessions).
  • 2011, Cornish, "Getting the Right Diagnosis, and Its Impact on Mental Health: Is This The Best the NHS Can Do?", Aspies on Mental Health: Speaking for Ourselves (eds. Luke Beardon & Dean Worton), Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2011), →ISBN, page 77:
    And so, the only thing I could do, being a passive Aspergian was to withdraw into a world of autistic hell.
  • 2011, Jael McHenry, The Kitchen Daughter, Gallery Books (2011), →ISBN, page 176:
    But because Aspergians can express themselves in words, they have more ways to deal with their aversions or indulge their interests.