Aspertools

It seemed like a good book to keep around and refer to. Not something to sit and read straight through.

Reitman's Aspertools is a great resource for learning more about Aspergers. Organised into chapters based on characteristics like anxiety and hypersenses, it's a resource that parents, educators and anyone interested in Aspies/Aspergers will find useful.

As the mother of a girl with high-functioning autism, this was great. I liked all the little notes and tips. I plan to put many of them in use.

I was intrigued by this book when I first read the title and description. But I was also...nervous? My brother and I are both atypical/neurodiverse in our own way, and our experiences have been vastly different in dealing with it and finding what works for us. Most of the books I've read that deal with aspergers, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurodiversity issues often overlook certain things: like taking into account what the person with the diversity wants, that each experience and person is different, even with the same diagnosis, and to find out what works best, you have to be willing to work with and listen to the person you are trying to help. Not only is this stressed repeatedly throughout the book - you get 3 distinct point of views, throughout. The concerned and once clueless parent, a teacher who specializes in helping the neurodiverse, and someone who lives it everyday. I plan on getting this book for my husband and parents, even though they've done an amazing job of adapting to me and my brother, I think this will bring a new level of understanding to everything.

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.

This was a super simple and easy to read book that had a lot of good tips on helping anyone who's not completely neurotypical. The author seems to have the best of intentions and does a great job of keeping everything positive. I will put some of the tips to use in my own life.

The only negative was the weird paragraph about single mothers in chapter 22. Not sure what that was all about.

I'm going to make sure we have this one on the shelf if we don't already.

I hope that my review finds Dr Reitman. My son has aspergers so this book really hits home for me. I really appreciate this novel and its content of advice and tips etc. NO one child is the same. This novel prompted me to search for Dr Reitman on youtube and I found this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVnDnO9WhMI
I totally and completely relate and I am just glad to have come across this novel on here.
I love this book and appreciate Dr Reitman. Thank you sir , for offering me some insight into my sons disorder. I ask everyone to remember this " There is ABILITY in DISABILITY". These children and individuals are wonderful human beings.

Very practical book that explains well about Asperger's without the complicated medical therms. Easy to read, short chapters about each trait of Asperger's.

This book is a great resource for anyone who has Aspergers, who lives or works with someone who does, or simply wants to be acquainted with it to better understand it since everyone likely knows at least one person who has Aspergers.

My brother has Aspergers and there was a lot of things growing up that we knew were different about him, yet since it is high functioning, he wasn't obviously autistic, and was sometimes prone to teasing. Many people do not realize that certain eccentricities are tell tell signs of it and just call a person "weird". The greater awareness of the general public is a great thing not only because it can help in diagnosis, but it can also help those with it avoid teasing as others understand what they are going through and that is, in large part, beyond their control.

This book does just that! It explains things from different perspectives and explains how those with Aspergers typically get along in school and work and public in general. It also explains the nuances of their personality that others may not understand.

This is a great read that I will be referring back to as needed!

I would recommend Aspertools for anyone that has, works with or knows someone with Asperger's Syndrome.

Having a preteen with Asperger's diagnosed several years ago, this book is an asset to us as parents. It has very easily put into place tips and tools for living life with an Aspie. It includes different perspectives and gives us a glimpse into the world of an individual with Asperger's.

Highly recommend for parents and educators!

Special thanks to Netgalley and HCI Books for an opportunity to read and review this book.

In this book written by Dr Reitman he talks about life with neurotypical and neuro diverse people in our lives. He believes that labels aren't needed because all brains really are different. With his daughter Rebecca and her coach Pati Fizzano they talk about ways to help get through all kinds of situations with love and patience.
For me this book was very well written, each chapter dealing with different aspects of situations you might encounter with someone on the spectrum. Each chapter is broken into 3 parts; the first part is Dr. Reitman explaining the character trait and examples of how he did not deal well with it when Rebecca was younger. The second section is from Pati Fizzano as a special needs teacher and how best to deal with the situations from her perspective; and the last part is from Rebecca. Rebecca explains from her perspective as a neurodiverse woman and child what she was dealing with and how to handle those situations.
As a mother of someone on the spectrum it was very helpful to see all sides. As Rebecca and Pati point out it is not always easy for people to explain why they react to certain things the way they do. Throughout the book patience and love are stronger encouraged.
This book is very insightful and reassuring. I believe I have taken away a better understanding of neurodiverse characteristics, and in the end no matter whether someone you love is on the spectrum of not love a nd patience is most important.

Aspertools: The Practical Guide for Understanding and Embracing Aspergers, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Neurodiversity
by Harold Reitman
2015
HCI Books

Many parents, siblings and caretakers have, at one time, had a child with autism and have struggled to reach that child. This is a concise and thorough guide, written by a parent of a child with Aspergers, not as a professional authority, to share what he has learned from working with his amazing daughter, Rebecca.
Rebecca has Aspergers, had 23 brain tumors and underwent 2 major brain surgeries at the Mayo Clinic as a toddler. She went on to be accepted to the prestigious University of Georgia where she earned a degree in Discrete Mathematics. She then decided she wanted to work with others with Aspergers, and has been working with them since.
This gives you a complete understanding of how the person with Aspergers feels as well as suggestions of how to help them deal with it, and help you to deal with it as well.
One of the biggest problems in education is that we divide children into classrooms not based on their abilities or strengths but by the year of their birth. The one size fits all approach does not work and is especially obvious when working with Autism.
Enlightening and positive, this is a must have guide. Its clear, no-nonsense approach could work with many children.
Thank you to HCI Books for sending this for review.

In the preface of this book, the author describes asking a college president friend what he considers the biggest problem with the education system in the U.S. The friend replied it was that children are placed in the same classroom for the simple reason they were born in the same year when not all children of any one age, are wired the same way. The notion of “different” wiring is easily seen in children with high function autism. Although, the term “Aspergers” is no longer officially used to describe people with high functioning autism, it continues to be associated with a specific set of traits and behaviors. These include hypersensitivity, physical and social awkwardness, inattention, and poor organizational and time management skills. This book offers parents of “aspies” methods to help them become more tuned into their child’s unique way of perceiving the world, and provides them concrete steps to help their child manage in a world they may often find overwhelming.

Helped a lot personally and professionally. Use these tool with my son as well as my clients. Definately glad i snagged this book

This book is a great tool for anyone looking for a layman's terms guide to understanding Asperger's and Autism as a whole. Reitman did a great job of sharing his story as well as presenting a betting way of understanding autism and how to help those with the diagnosis.