Look Me in the Eye

Look Me in the Eye is a book by John Elder Robinson. It’s a biography of his life growing up with Aspergers (now called Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD for short) back in the old days and his difficulties growing up. His father was abusive and he got picked on in school. He had many odd habits growing up, including an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes to stick his younger brother, Augusten Burroughs, in them.

In the end, he ends up getting a diagnosis, and slowly gaining confidence in himself after he builds special guitars for KISS that explode fireworks.

This book was inspirational and changed my views about my own ASD, and showed me how despite my diagnoses I can do anything. It was transformative, as they say.

It had many tales of John growing up, and many misadventures, and I highly recommend this book to not just people with ASD but anyone who needs a little extra motivation. It is extremly motivational and life changing.

I also recommend this book to anyone who doesn’t know about ASD but wants to learn. It provides new perspectives and proves that the ASD community is made up of smart people. It proves that the people that made fun of us and called us dumb growing up are wrong. They’re so wrong that most of them work at McDonalds flipping burgers while us ASD people who got called dumb are mostly successful and wealthy. So while the bullies are enjoying flipping burgers, we enjoy flipping them off as we pick up our burgers from them in our brand new Ferrari or Lamborghini. Then we drive off laughing at them, as they laughed at us every day when we were kids.

So, please read this book. It provides a good understanding of what it’s like to have ASD, and also motivates people with ASD to be successful!