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

by John Elder Robison

In the end, telling others how hard it was for me to fit in has helped me fit in better by revealing the universality of my struggle.

The most amazing thing has been the book’s impact on young people. High schools and even middle schools began using my book to teach tolerance and understanding.

Perhaps one message is that we need to give today’s kids ways to blow off steam before they explode.

KISS was a very big deal for many people, and some of them gather annually for a KISS convention—usually in New York or New Jersey—where they swap stories and trade memorabilia. For 2007, the convention site is online at www.starzcentral.com/kissexpo.

Milton Bradley was a pioneer in electronic games in the late 1970s. The products I worked on were Microvision, Super Simon, Big Trak, Milton, Omni, and the stillborn Game Computer. I also worked on speech recognition and sound effects for several games that never made it to market.