"Look Me in the Eye," a NAMI Book Discussion

6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Prosser Library
Community Room

Event Details

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's, by John Robison
John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire-breathing guitars. Later, he drifted into a "real" job, as an engineer for a major toy company. But the higher Robison rose, the more he had to pretend to be "normal" and do what he simply couldn't: communicate. It was not until he was forty that an insightful therapist told him he had the form of autism called Asperger's syndrome. That understanding transformed the way Robison saw himself--and the world.--From publisher description.

Book discussion sponsored by the library and NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Copies of the book are available at Prosser one month prior to the discussion date.

Event Type(s): Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adults
Carol Lennig
(860) 243-9721 ext. 3558