Everyday Aspergers: A Journey on the Autism Spectrum

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Your Stories Matter, Dec 10, 2018 - Family & Relationships - 532 pages
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Through 150 entries, Samantha Craft presents a life of humorous faux pas, profound insights, and the everyday adventures of an autistic female. In her vivid world, nothing is simple and everything appears pertinent. Even an average trip to the grocery store is a feat and cause for reflection.

From being a dyslexic cheerleader with dyspraxia going the wrong direction, to bathroom stalking, to figuring out if she can wear that panty-free dress, Craft explores the profoundness of daily living through hilarious anecdotes and heart-warming childhood memories.

Ten years in the making, Craft’s revealing memoir brings Asperger’s Syndrome into a spectrum of brilliant light—exposing the day-to-day interactions and complex inner workings of an autistic female from childhood to midlife. 

 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction
1
Eyes
5
Brain Blizzard
7
Identity
9
Door Three
11
She Strikes Again
13
Reasons I Know I Have Aspergers Syndrome
15
Vignette Invisible Age 16
21
Attack of the Killer Sheets
235
Vignette Collapsed Star Age 9
239
Pointy Boobs
243
Wish It Were Tuesday
245
May My Boil Rest in Peace
249
The Star of My Post
253
Things that Aint Worked Yet
257
Note to Preteen Self
265

Oh Crap Dyspraxia
23
Ten Traits Females With Aspergers
25
To See a Dog
33
Vignette Ten Stitches Age 3
35
Proverbial Foot in Mouth
39
Shirley Temple
41
Behind the Curtain
43
Expedition Journal
45
Brain Little Voice and Me
47
Vignette Blue Age 4
52
Hell Out of Dodge
57
Growth Points
59
Am Elephant
61
Zombie
65
There Is No It
67
Wounded Spirit
69
Ten Myths About Females with Aspergers
71
University Villains
75
A Shame
77
Vignette Justice Black Age 5
79
View from Atop the Triangle
83
Theres No Such Thing as Normal
85
UnFriended
87
Notes to Self
90
Nothing but a Heartache
93
Dear Monster
95
Vignette Winter Bites Age 14
99
Yesterdays Funk
103
Fascinate
105
Looming Demise
107
Fake It or Break It
111
Reality and Existence
113
The Day I Lost My Butt
115
Vignette Holding On Age 5
117
Goodbye Prude Dude
123
Aspie Friend
125
The Bees Knees
127
Lullaby
129
Searched
131
Suck Eggs
133
Mein Parts
135
For Heavens Sake
137
Vignette Lonely Heart Pillow Age 19
141
Seeing Me
147
That Moment
151
Jodie
153
Fake and Inappropriate
157
Totally Random
161
What My Husband Hears
165
Eye Contact Picking Up Men
169
Vignette Goodbye Sunshine Age 8
171
Why You Dont Want to Date Me
175
Let the Grumpy Lady Pass
179
The WhiteMocha Lady
183
Between the Poopies and the Poppies
185
Vignette Mrs Craft Age 23
187
Verbally Processing
193
TripleChinned Monster
197
Take One
199
Take Two
201
The Panty Dilemma
203
Notes to Self
206
Fantasy Cycles
209
Mystical Music Prose
211
The Union
213
Little Superwoman
215
Communication Work
217
Thursdays Pee
219
Think He Likes Me
225
Light Returned
227
Dear Soul of Mine
229
Fixations Special Interest and Regurgitation
231
Fixations Special Interest and Regurgitation Part Two
233
Note to the Little One
269
Imaginary Lines and Empathy
271
Breathe into Me
273
Vignette Entering Fathers House Age 18
275
Super Bowl Blunders
279
My Aspie Friend Rocks
281
Pass Me the Port Please
285
The Dean
289
Chameleon
291
The Box
293
Probable Theories of Where I Come From
295
Notes to Self
298
Bodily Changes
301
Hostess With the Mostest
303
To the Professional
307
Lost Colors
311
Navigating the Female Aspergerian Mind
313
Revisiting Door Three
317
Vignette The Fig Age 9
321
Love and Fear
325
PMDD
327
Why I Am Smiling
329
True Empathy
333
You
335
How Do I Exist Without Existing?
339
Bubbled Layers
341
Scare People
345
My Pen Name
347
Vignette The Broken Board Age 11
349
At Last I Am Me
355
Serenity
359
State of LaLa
363
Woven Knight
365
Vignette Screaming for Justice Age 12
367
Ten Ways to Spot an Aspie Girl
373
Still Nothing
375
How to Create a Female with Aspergers
377
Vignette Tornado Age 13
379
Money in the Meter
383
Fourteen Months Shit
387
Things Not to Say or Do When I Am Sad
389
The Isolation of Aspergers
395
Notes to Self
398
Dear You
401
Vignette Everything Was Clear Age 14
403
The Girl in the Altered State
409
What If I Dont Have Aspergers?
413
Vignette Blister Sister Age 14
415
Confessions of an Aspie Girl
421
Bipolar Disorder or Aspergers Syndrome?
427
Emotion Ocean
431
Vignette The Missing Hours Age 14
437
Mind the Mind
443
Annihilated Self
445
Vignette Never Existed Age 14
449
The Barbs
453
The Girl in the Cheer Skirt
457
Truth Teller
461
Contemplating Mutism
463
Communication in Review
469
Small Talk
473
Vignette Faded Sun Age 37
475
Behind the Door
491
A Beautiful Morning
493
Until the Rain Came
497
Turn Turn Turn
501
Notes to Self
504
150+1 October 2018
507
Postscript
511
About the Author
512
About the Cover Artist
513
Copyright

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About the author (2018)

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Samantha Craft is best known for her prolific writings in the well-received blog Everyday Aspergers, entries which were later compiled into the equally well-received book of the same name. She is the founder of Spectrum Suite LLC and the Lead Job Recruiter and Community Manager for ULTRA Testing, an innovative technology company with a neurodiversity hiring initiative. A professional educator, she has been published in peer-reviewed journals, been featured in autistic literature, contributed to the book Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism, and spoken on the topic of neurodiversity around the world, including the Love & Autism Conference and Southwest Washington Autism Conference. As the Community Achievement Award Recipient at the 2017 ANCA World Autism Festival, Craft continues to consult and write on the topic of autistics and employment. 

Bibliographic information

TitleEveryday Aspergers: A Journey on the Autism Spectrum
AuthorSamantha Craft
Editionillustrated
PublisherYour Stories Matter, 2018
ISBN1909320579, 9781909320574
Length532 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / People with Disabilities
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Family & Relationships / Autism Spectrum Disorders
Psychology / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders
  
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