Living in a Bubble: A Guide to being diagnosed with High Functioning Asperger’s as an Adult

I can only read a little at a time. To see the author putting my thoughts into words puts me on an emotional roller coaster. I was only diagnosed a year ago. I have felt more alone than ever since my now ex wife decided I was permanently broken. Understanding that there is nothing wrong with me and that I don’t need to be “fixed” had set me free.

It’s as though I wrote the book. The author used his words well and the tone of the book is appropriate. It has never helped me to reveal my neurodivergence to anyone. It actually drives people away because people are afraid of what they don’t understand. I think they get it confused with mental illness, which is just stupid.

I have had the pleasure to read a couple of Anthony's other books, which were mostly focused on dancing and well being. With these, he was absolutely sensational... Therefore, when I saw this book and felt that he was exploring a completely new area I was very eager to read and I must say I was very very impressed!In this book, Anthony gives a truly captivating account on High functioning Asperger's, a condition that is sadly overlooked and hardly talked about by Doctors, writers or even TV programs talking about similar conditions.He dives in the perfect amount of detail without being too technical or too condensing to the reader, and by the end of it leaves you positive, supportive and very informed....If you know someone who suffers from or is parenting an Asperger's patient, or if you wish to educate yourself about a condition that we should all be a lot more aware of, then this is definitely for you.

Rhiannon is absolutely amazing and informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. Halloween much. I am a newbie aspie so this really helped!

This book made me feel that I was not alone. I now know that I am not the only one who thinks the way I do. Thank you.

I read through this book fairly quickly and skipped the parts that were of less interest to me or which I felt were waffly.My overall feeling is that this book is not bad, and there are few other similar books on the market, but I did find my attention wandering at times. I felt the book is too much about the author's own experiences and less about people with ASD in general. I also found it rather discursive and "waffly".The idea to include tips and advice for living with ASD is a good one, and some of the advice is practical and useful, but a deal is little more than common sense or the typical fare of self-help books. For me, there is not enough grounding science or research in this book.The proofreader also dropped the ball to some extent as I spotted a number of errors and sometimes the author does strange things with commas.Overall, I found the book "An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed" by Gillan Drew more factual, more to-the-point, more practical and useful, more universal, and better researched. That's the title I would sooner recommend to adults who have been diagnosed with ASD or who think they may have such a disorder.

The book's 'informal' style is self-reflexive (even vain) in the extreme. It is anecdotal and not insightful in its exampling, as it really has no basis in research, comparative study, or anything like social science in its views on how ASD is perceived in contemporary contexts. It is also naively entitled with regard to its suggestions to readers - for eg, the author, unwilling to endure the two-year NHS waiting list for a diagnosis, 'went private' and recommends this to others. It costs in the region of £2.5K to do that. This exclusivity of outlook is broadly characteristic of the POV taken throughout. If you are looking for a guide to understanding your own, or your loved one's condition, and advice on how to adjust and organize your lives, this is not the book for you.

This is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand more about ASD, whether recently diagnosed or knowing someone on the spectrum and wanting to learn how the world is for them, or someone who thinks they might be on the spectrum but not felt ready to take the next step to finding out. This is a uniquely personal and honest account which gives the reader the benefit of the author’s own experiences, insight and coping mechanisms to help navigate through the everyday social and practical parts of life that can be easily taken for granted by those without an understanding of ASD.

Adult autism isn’t discussed nearly as much as it should be. It isn’t something that goes away after childhood and requires as much assistance and understanding and as the individual reading this has been highly beneficial!!