John M. Ortiz, Ph.D., was a licensed psychologist, psychoeducational consultant, and speaker, and Founding Director of the Asperger's Syndrome Institute in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, US. Dr. Ortiz had 30 years of clinical experience in various educational and mental health settings.
Preface: The Asperger Dimension. Chapter One: Introduction. Background. The
Discovery of Michael. The Box. AS: The No-Box Syndrome. Data Collection.
Participants. What This Book Is Not. The Book's Focus. The Book's Tone and
Purpose. Chapter Two: The Gifts of Asperger's Syndrome. Magical Mystery
Michael. Carlton the Gift Giver. The Death Ray. Suelan's Leaky Link. It
Takes a Thief. The Official Reader. The Disciplinarian. Vaschel the
Liberator. Evan the Incomparable. The Community Patriot. The Nurturing
Toner. No Drain for the Rain. The Rocking Navigators. The Screaming
Circuit. The Human Weight Scale. The Auto Salesman. The Two Karenas. Nelson
Kicks Bud. The Linguist. The Anti-Smoking Vigilante. Fast as Lightning.
Colors. The Symmetrist. The Spelling "Should Have Been" Champ. Kaden: The
Metric Machine. Ace: The Inventor Atlas. Griffin's Continuum. The Family
"Homonist". Absolutely Quentin. Edan's Adopt-a-Smile. Arif the All-Knowing.
The Two Helenas. Royal-Loyal Dalton. Plainly Speaking Donald. Rockin'
Hoang. Swen and his "Theory of Mind" Theory. Chris and his Brown Paper Bag.
Sandy and Sandee, the Actresses. Nathan, the Computer Geek. Portrait by
Helen. Chapter Three: The World of Gainful Employment. Calix: Graphic
Artist. Jacqui: Archeologist. Naresh: Engineer. Rachael: Environmentalist.
Dennis: Shipping and Receiving Clerk. Garrett: Physics Researcher. Vanna:
Librarian. Tom: Agricultural Worker. Jeremy: Landscape Architect. Verne:
Proofreader. Norman: Forensic Science Analyst. Dahlia: Medical
Transcriptionist. Ollie: Meter Reader. Sabina: FX Artist. Ea: Game
Programmer and Developer. Larry: Surveyor. Adam: Stamp and Coin Collector.
Jason: Comic Book Store Manager. Dierdra: Paralegal/Legal Assistant. Paolo:
Statistician. Bjorn: Military Engineer. Chapter Four: Notable Persons with
Asperger's Syndrome Phenotypes. Appendix: Form A: Data Collection. Form B:
Data Collection. Recommended Books Written by Authors with Asperger's
Syndrome. Recommended Internet Sites: Sites worth Sighting and Citing.
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