51 pages 1 hour read

John Elder Robison

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

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Essay Topics

1.

Describe Robison’s thought process as he tries to make friends on the playground. How is it different from a neurotypical process?

2.

Why were the rigid social strictures of the early 1960s precisely the wrong kind of environment for Robison to grow up in?

3.

Robison’s life is, by most accounts, a successful one. He excels in a variety of careers and ultimately has a happy marriage. While his Asperger’s creates many challenges, how is it also responsible for his successes?