It was a decent read and I think a lot of people will be able to take something away from this book either for themselves if they have aspergers, or if they know, love, or interact with people who have it. However I think it's still focused more on those who are care-givers than those who have aspergers.

As someone who has high-functioning Aspergers, I myself was able to implement two tools to help with my executive functioning to reduce my anxiety and I also learnt a few more things about myself (why I get so anxious about giving and receiving change).

It is a decent book with some general information on Autism. I Don't think it goes in depth enough but for a beginning in the area I think it provides a lot of general information.

EVERY TEACHER< IN EVERY SCHOOL< AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL SHOULD HAVE THIS BOOK AS REQUIRED READING. I have said many times that children are not a crowd to be controlled and fed education like a mass produced human. Everyone regardless of any shade of neuro-diversity should be treated as an individual with gifts. Dr. Reitman, Pati Fizzano and Rebecca Reitman should look into doing school programs in our area. No one would ever say "special education" the same way again.

Some good tidbits, but mostly, this book was a bit confusing to follow (not fleshed our enough and kind of jumped all over the place) and lacking in substance. I did like that the point of view of the author, father of an autistic adult, teacher and mentor to said autistic adult(s), and the daughter of the author, who is autistic, an adult, and a teacher herself, are all included, yet, it felt condescending to autistic people at times.

I want to buy this for everyone I know!

I thought the book would provide tools for Aspies, as per the title, but it's written for friends and family of Aspies instead. This is why it has 4 stars instead of 5.

That aside, this is a really great guide to how your aspie feels, why they behave the way they do, how to help them learn and achieve their best and how to get the most out of your relationship with them.

I genuinely want to buy this book for everyone I know, because it verbalises my thoughts and feelings and behaviours far better than I ever could!