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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813361203321

Autore

Griffiths Jonathan <1968->

Titolo

Asperger meets girl : happy endings for Asperger boys / / Jonathan Griffiths ; foreword by Hugh Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-281-78186-X

9786611781866

1-84642-756-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Disciplina

362.196/858832

Soggetti

Asperger's syndrome - Patients - Sexual behavior

Asperger's syndrome - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

front cover; Asperger Meets Girl: Happy Endings for Asperger Boys; CONTENTS; FOREWORD BY HUGH JONES; PREFACE; 1 What Problem Am I Trying to Solve Here?; 2 A Nerd's Eye View of Human Sexuality; 2.2 Idea 2: The conventional games; 2.3 Idea 3: Relationship space; 3 Things to Try; 4 Afterword; 5 Appendix: Some supplementary thoughts; REFERENCES;

Sommario/riassunto

Men with Asperger's Syndrome, young and old, experience difficulty with social interaction, which can be a stumbling block when it comes to getting a girlfriend. Here is a book that demystifies the enigma of 'relationships' by explaining everything in Asperger-friendly terms (some of them mathematical, naturally). Asperger Meets Girl provides hope for all hopeless wooers by offering a choice of three interrelated abstract models for understanding boy-girl relationships. And, to make life easier, these models are presented in graph form where possible. The book also gives valuable practical tip